Two new nematode species, Orientatractis campechensis n. sp. and Orientatractis chiapasensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Atractidae) from cichlid fishes in southern Mexico and Nicaragua

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1443-1449

  González Solís, David ^a   Moravec, František ^a,b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST RANGE; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES;

AMPHIBIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CICHLID; FISH; GENUS; INTESTINE; MEXICO; NEMATODE; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATRACTIS CAMPECHENSIS; ORIENTATRACTIS CHIAPASENSIS; PARASITE; REPTILE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NICARAGUA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NICARAGUA;

EID: 14244253368     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3366     Document Type: Article

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