Two new species of Choanocotyle jue sue and platt, 1998 (Digenea: Choanocotylidae) from an Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-150

  Platt, Thomas R ^a   Tkach, Vasyl V ^a,b  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHOANOCOTYLE ELEGANS; CHOANOCOTYLE HOBBSI; CHOANOCOTYLE JUESUEI; CHOANOCOTYLE NEMATOIDES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TREMATODE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINE, SMALL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

AUSTRALIA;

CHELIDAE; CHELODINA; CHELODINA OBLONGA; CHOANOCOTYLE; CHOANOCOTYLE HOBBSI; CHOANOCOTYLE NEMATOIDES; CHOANOCOTYLIDAE; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0037328710     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0145:TNSOCJ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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