A new species of Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the goatfish Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Mullidae) in Western Australian waters

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-68

  Aken'Ova, Thelma O L ^a,b   Cribb, Thomas H ^a   Bray, Rodney A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; INTESTINES; MALE; TREMATODA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DACTYLOSTOMUM; INVERTEBRATA; MULLIDAE; OPECOELIDAE; PARUPENEUS BARBERINUS; UPENEICHTHYS; UPENEICHTHYS LINEATUS;

EID: 0141454792     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025587420266     Document Type: Article

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