New genus, new species of Cestoda (Anoplocephalidae), new species of Nematoda (Cosmocercidae) and other helminths in Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 882-889

  Bursey, Charles R ^a   Goldberg, Stephen R ^a,b   Kraus, Fred ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEMATODE; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE;

ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE; APLECTANA MACINTOSHII; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESTODE; COSMOCERCIDAE; CYRTODACTYLUS LOUISIADENSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GEKKOTAENIA NOVAEGUINEAENSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GUBERNACULUM; HELMINTH; MALE; MESOCESTOIDEA; NEMATODE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OSWALDOCRUZIA BAKERI; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARAPHAYNGODON MAPLESTONEI; PHYSALOPTEROIDES; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LIZARDS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE;

ABBREVIATA; ALLOPHARYNX MACALLISTERI; ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE; APLECTANA; CESTODA; COSMOCERCA; COSMOCERCIDAE; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; CYRTODACTYLUS; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; MESOCESTOIDES; NEMATODA; OSWALDOCRUZIA; PARAPHARYNGODON; PHYSALOPTEROIDES; SAURIA; TETRATHYRIDIA; VERMES;

EID: 24944513827     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3450.1     Document Type: Article

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