Description of Pomphorhynchus spindletruncatus n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchidae) from freshwater fishes in northern Iraq, with the erection of a new pomphorhynchid genus, Pyriproboscis n. g., and keys to genera of the Pomphorhynchidae and the species of Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-235

  Amin, Omar M ^a   Abdullah, Shamall M A ^b   Mhaisen, Furhan T ^c  

^a Institute of Parasitic Diseases Tempe   (United States)

^b SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; IRAQ; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASPIUS VORAX; BARBUS; BARBUS XANTHOPTERUS; CYPRINIDAE; PISCES; POMPHORHYNCHIDAE; POMPHORHYNCHUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS YUNNANENSIS;

EID: 0037352640     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022654921523     Document Type: Article

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