A new species of Skrjabingylus Petrov, 1927 (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) from the frontal sinuses of the hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura (Mustelidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-107

  Carreno, Ramon A ^a   Reif, Kathryn E ^a   Nadler, Steven A ^a,b  

^a OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; COSTA RICA; FRONTAL SINUS; MEMPHITIS; MEPHITIS MACROURA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSTELIDAE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKRJABINGYLUS SANTACECILIAE; SKYRJABINGYLUS CHITWOODORUM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MACROURA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA; SKRJABINGYLUS; SKRJABINGYLUS CHITWOODORUM; SKRJABINGYLUS SANTACECILIAE;

ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 17844385561     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-334R     Document Type: Article

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