Four new cestode species from the spiral intestine of the round stingray, Urobatis halleri, in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-149

  Friggens, Megan M ^a   Duszynski, Donald W ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cestode; Elasmobranch; Eutetrarhynchus; Prochristianella; Rhinebothrium; Sea of Cortez; Stingray; Tetraphyllidea; Trypanorhyncha; Urobatis halleri

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; EUTETRARHYNCHUS; PROCHRISTIANELLA; RHINEBOTHRIUM; TETRAPHYLLIDEA; TRYPANORHYNCHA; UROBATIS HALLERI; UROLOPHIDAE;

EID: 24944434779     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4121     Document Type: Article

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