Redescription of Dracunculus globocephalus Mackin, 1927 (Nematoda: Dracunculidae), a parasite of the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-345

  Moravec, František ^a   Little, M D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelydra; Dracunculus; Louisiana; Morphology; Nematoda; Parasite; Turtle; USA

Indexed keywords

CHELYDRA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; DRACUNCULIDAE; DRACUNCULOIDEA; GLOBOCEPHALUS; NEMATODA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 11944274917     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2004.043     Document Type: Article

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