Durikainema phascolarcti n. sp. (Nematoda: Muspiceoidea: Robertdollfusidae) from the pulmonary arteries of the koala Phascolarctos cinereus with associated pathological changes

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-106

  Spratt, D M ^a   Gill, P A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; PARASITE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

DURIKAINEMA MACROPI; DURIKAINEMA PHASCOLARCTI; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 0031967692     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005957809179     Document Type: Article

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