Learedius learedi Price, 1934 (Trematoda: Spirorchiidae), in Black Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii) Hearts from Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Inohuye Rivera, Roxana B ^a   Cordero Tapia, Amaury ^a   Arellano Blanco, Jorge ^a   Gardner, Susan C ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California Sur; Black turtle; Chelonia mydas agassizii; Cheloniidae; Learedius learedi; Magdalena Bay; Mexico; Redescription; Reptilia; Spirorchiid; Spirorchiidae; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; LEAREDIUS LEAREDI; MYDAS; REPTILIA; SPIRORCHIIDAE; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0842265981     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4113     Document Type: Article

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