Neotropical monogenoidea. 27. Two new species of Telethecium gen. n. from the nasal cavities of central amazonian fishes and a redescription of Kritskyia moraveci Kohn, 1990 (Dactylogyridae, Ancyrocephalinae)

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-41

  Kritsky, Delane C ^a   Van Every, Lynn R ^b   Boeger, Walter A ^c,d  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southeastern Dist Health Department   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d Ministério de Ciência Tecnologia e Inovação Salvador   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dactylogyridae; Kritskyia moraveci; Monogenoidea; Osteoglossum bicirrhosum; Pellona flavipinnis; Rhamdia quelen; Telethecium gen. n.; Telethecium nasalis sp. n.; Telethecium paniculum sp. n.

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042867141     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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