Parasites and commensals of the West Indian manatee from Puerto Rico

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-69

  Mignucci Giannoni, Antonio A ^a,b   Beck, Cathy A ^c   Montoya Ospina, Ruby A ^a,b,d   Williams Jr , Ernest H ^b  

^a Caribbean Stranding Network   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnacles; Caribbean; Digeneans; Helminths; Nematodes; Remoras; Sirenia; Trichechus manatus

Indexed keywords

CHELONIBIA MANATI; CHIORCHIS FABACEUS; COCHLEOTREMA COCHLEOTREMA; ECHENEIS NEUCRATOIDES; HETEROCHEILUS TUNICATUS;

EID: 0032906134     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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