Multisentis myrmecobius, gen. et. sp. nov. (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae), from the numbat, Myrmecobius fasciatus, and a key to genera of the Oligacanthorhynchidae

Invertebrate Taxonomy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-307

  Smales, Lesley R ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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