Two new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Taeniura meyeni (Dasyatidae) and Aetobatus narinari (Myliobatidae) from aquaria in Queensland, Australia

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-228

  Chisholm, Leslie A ^a   Whittington, Ian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRIC FISH; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; MALE; PLATYHELMINTHS; SEAWATER; SKATES (FISH); SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AETOBATUS NARINARI; ANIMALIA; DASYATIDAE; DENDROMONOCOTYLE; ELECTRIC FISH; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA; MYLIOBATIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; TAENIURA; TAENIURA MEYENI;

EID: 1842577539     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SYPA.0000019085.44664.6d     Document Type: Article

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