Some endohelminths from the freshwater turtle trachemys scripta from yucatan, Mexico

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 455-468

  Moravec, F ^a,b   Vargas Vazquez J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Helminths; Mexico; Parasites; Turtle; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

MEXICO; YUCATAN STATE;

CAMALLANUS MAGNORUGOSUS; COPEPODA; FALCAUSTRA AFFINIS; MACROCYCLOPS ALBIDUS; NEMATODA; SERPINEMA TRISPINOSUM; SPIROXYS CONTORTUS; TELORCHIS ATTENUATA; TELORCHIS CORTI; TELORCHIS DISSIMILIS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031933609     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939800770241     Document Type: Article

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