A new species of Thaumatocotyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from Dasyatis sabina (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) off the coast of South Carolina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 791-793

  De Buron, Isaure ^a   Euzet, Louis ^a,b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DASYATIX SABINA; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PENIS; STINGRAY; TAXONOMY; THAUMATOCOTYLE; TREMATODE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; PLATYHELMINTHS; SKATES (FISH); SOUTH CAROLINA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS SABINA; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA; MYLIOBATIFORMES; SABINA; THAUMATOCOTYLE;

EID: 24944557913     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-428R.1     Document Type: Article

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