A new species of Spinicauda (Nematoda: Heterakidae) and other endoparasites in Platymantis pelewensis (Anura: Ranidae) from the Palau Islands, Republic of Belau, Oceanica

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1428-1433

  Bursey, Charles R ^a   Goldberg, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CESTODE; FROGS AND TOADS; HELMINTH; LARVA; MESOCESTOIDEA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PALAU; PLATYMANTIS PELEWENSIS; SPINICAUDA FISHERI; TAIL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU; WORLD;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; PALAU; RANIDAE;

EID: 14244267737     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3345     Document Type: Article

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