A redescription of the Australian leech Placobdelloides bancrofti with new records of its distribution

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-121

  McKenna, S A ^a,b   Betts, D A ^a,c   Pong, W W ^a,d   Govedich, F R ^a,c   Barton, D P ^a,e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^c WSL Consultants Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LEECH; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY;

ANUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMYDURA KREFFTII; LEECH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLACOBDELLOIDES BANCROFTI; TAXONOMY; TURTLE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ELSEYA LATISTERNUM; EMYDURA KREFFTII; EUHIRUDINEA; GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HIRUDINIDA; PLACOBDELLOIDES BANCROFTI; TESTUDINES;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LEECHES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; QUEENSLAND; TURTLES;

EID: 17844398241     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-162R     Document Type: Article

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