Morphological and biological study of Rhabdias spp. (Nematoda) from African chameleons with description of a new species

Parasite

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-31

  Lhermitte Vallarino, N ^a   Bain, O ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Chameleons; Free living cycle; Hermaphrodism; Lung; Morphology; Parthenogeny; Rhabdiasidae; Transmission; Transport host

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALIA; CALUMMA; CALUMMA PARSONII; CHAMAELEO; CHAMAELEO JOHNSTONI; CHAMAELEONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEMATODA; RHABDIAS; RHABDIASIDAE; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 1642321800     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/200411115     Document Type: Article

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