New methods for the collection and preservation of spirorchiid trematodes and polystomatid monogeneans from turtles

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-107

  Snyder, Scott D ^a   Clopton, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b PERU STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood fluke; Chelonia; Collecting techniques; Digenea; Eye; Monogenea; Parasite survey; Platyhelminthes; Polystomatidae; Spirorchiidae; Trematoda; Turtle

Indexed keywords

MONOGENEA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; POLYSTOMATIDAE; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SPIRORCHIIDAE; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA;

EID: 13644262192     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4155     Document Type: Article

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