A new tapeworm, Postgangesia inarmata n. sp. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea: Gangesiinae), parasitic in Silurus glanis (Siluriformes) from Iraq and some comments on the Gangesiinae Mola, 1929

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-209

  De Chambrier, Alain ^a   Al Kallak, Sundus N H ^b   Mariaux, Jean ^a  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CESTODA; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; INTESTINES; IRAQ; MALE;

CATFISH; CESTODA; EUCESTODA; GANGESIA; GANGESIINAE; INVERTEBRATA; MOLA; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; SILURIFORMES; SILUROTAENIA; SILURUS; SILURUS GLANIS;

EID: 0043033103     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024663120600     Document Type: Article

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