First description of the male and redescription of the female of Paratrichosoma recurvum (Nematoda: Capillariidae), a skin-invading parasite of crocodiles in Mexico

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 499-504

  Moravec, František ^a,b   Vargas Vázquez, Joaquin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; HOST; MEXICO; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; OVUM; TRICHUROIDEA;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODILUS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS MORELETII; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031861327     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050436     Document Type: Article

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