Two new species of Litobothrium dailey, 1969 (Cestoda: Litobothriidea) from thresher sharks in the Gulf of California, Mexico, with redescriptions of two species in the genus

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 159-177

  Olson, P D ^a,b   Caira, J N ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GULF; HOST; INTESTINE; MEXICO; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SHARKS;

ALOPIAS PELAGICUS; ALOPIAS SUPERCILIOSUS; ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); CESTODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; LITOBOTHRIIDEA; LITOBOTHRIUM; LITOBOTHRIUM AMPLIFICA; LITOBOTHRIUM DAILEYI; LITOBOTHRIUM JANOVYI; METAZOA; MITSUKURINA OWSTONI;

EID: 0034914235     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006422419580     Document Type: Review

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