Patterns of Occurrence of the Platyhelminth Parasites of the Wild Bullseye Puffer (Sphoeroides annulatus) off Sinaloa, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 415-418

  Fajer Ávila, Emma Josefina ^a   Roque, Ana ^a   Aguilar, Gabriela ^a   Duncan, Neil ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARTICLE; BIANIUM PLICITUM; ECTOPARASITE; HETEROBOTHRIUM ECUADORI; HOMALOMETRON LONGISINOSUM; LINTONIUM VIBEX; MEXICO; NEOBENEDENIA MELLENI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLLODISTOMUM MIRANDAI; PLATYHELMINTH; PUFFER FISH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPHOEROIDES ANNULATUS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; MEXICO; PLATYHELMINTHS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SINALOA;

APOCREADIIDAE; BIANIUM PLICITUM; CAPSALIDAE; DICLIDOPHORIDAE; FELLODISTOMIDAE; HETEROBOTHRIUM; HOMALOMETRON; LEPOCREADIIDAE; LINTONIUM VIBEX; MONOGENEA; NEOBENEDENIA MELLENI; PHYLLODISTOMUM; PLATYHELMINTHES; SPHOEROIDES; SPHOEROIDES ANNULATUS; TETRAODONTIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 17744401561     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3152RN     Document Type: Article

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