Himasthla escamosa n. sp. (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) from the kelp gull, Larus dominicanus (Charadriiformes: Laridae), on the Patagonian coast, Argentina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 308-314

  Diaz, Julia I ^b   Cremonte, Florencia ^a  

^a CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHINOSTOMA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIMASTHLA AVOSETTAE; HIMASTHLA COMPACTA; HIMASTHLA CONTINUA; HIMASTHLA ELONGATA; HIMASTHLA ESCAMOSA; HIMASTHLA INTERRUPTA; HIMASTHLA LEPTOSOMA; HIMASTHLA LITTORINAE; HIMASTHLA MEGACOTYLA; HIMASTHLA MILITARIS; HIMASTHLA MULTILECITHOSA; HIMASTHLA PISCICOLA; HIMASTHLA SCHACHTACHTINSKOI; HIMASTHLA SECUNDA; HOST; LARUS DOMINICANUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; HIMASTHLA; LARIDAE; LARUS; LARUS DOMINICANUS; PISCICOLA; TREMATODA; VITELLARIA;

EID: 2442508824     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3251     Document Type: Article

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