Two new species of Oochoristica Luhe, 1898 (Eucestoda: Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae: Linstowiinae) parasitic in Ctenosaura spp. (Iguanidae) from Costa Rica and Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 893-897

  Brooks, D R ^a   Perez Ponce de Leon G ^a,b   Garcia Prieto L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; COSTA RICA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LIZARD; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OOCHORISTICA LUHE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; COSTA RICA; LIZARDS; MEXICO;

ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE; CESTODA; CTENOSAURA; CTENOSAURA PECTINATA; CTENOSAURA SIMILIS; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; EUCESTODA; IGUANIDAE; OOCHORISTICA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0344994596     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285828     Document Type: Article

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