Plesioungella kathleenae gen n et sp n (nematoda: Drilonematoidea) from the australian endemic megascoiecid earthworm fletcherodrilus unicus (Fletcher, 1889)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-212

  Yeates, Gregor W ^a   Spiridonov, Sergei E ^b   Blakemore, Rob ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c Queen Victoria Museum   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Drilonematoidea; Earthworm parasites; Megascolecidae; Plesioungella kathleenae gen n et sp n; Thelastomatidae; Ungellidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346408587     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9518150     Document Type: Article

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