Paroncomegas araya (Woodland, 1934) n. gen. et comb. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon motoro in south America

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-320

  Campbell, Ronald A ^a   Marques, Fernando ^a,b   Ivanov, Verónica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; HOST; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARONCOMEGAS ARAYA; PHYLOGENY; SCOLEX; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CESTODA; FRESH WATER; SKATES (FISH); TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032973503     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285640     Document Type: Article

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