Branchotenthes robinoverstreeti n. gen. and n. sp. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from gill filaments of the bowmouth guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma (Rhynchobatidae), in the Indian Ocean

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 595-601

  Bullard, Stephen A ^a   Dippenaar, Susan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOWMOUTH GUITARFISH; BRONCHOTENTHES ROBINOVERSTREETI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; RHINA ANCYLOSTOMA; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VAS DEFERENS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALIA; BRANCHOTENTHES ROBINOVERSTREETI; CATOSTOMIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; HEXABOTHRIIDAE; MONOGENEA; NEMATODA; RHINA ANCYLOSTOMA; RHINOBATOS RHINOBATOS; RHYNCHOBATIDAE;

EID: 0038006360     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0595:BRNGAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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