A new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the ocellate river stingray, Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae), in Argentina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 390-396

  Ivanov, Verónica A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES;

ACANTHOBOTHRIUM; ACANTHOBOTHRIUM RAMIROI; ACANTHOBOTRIUM TEREZAE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CESTODE; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO; RIVER;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; SKATES (FISH);

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACANTHOBOTHRIUM; CESTODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIDAE; ONCHOBOTHRIIDAE; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE; POTAMOTRYGONINAE; TETRAPHYLLIDEA;

EID: 19944422739     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-354R1     Document Type: Article

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