A review of Dendromonocotyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of stingrays and their control in public aquaria

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 123-130

  Chisholm, Leslie A ^a   Whittington, Ian D ^a,b   Fischer, Andreas B P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c Underwater World Sunshine Coast   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaria; Dasyatidae; Dendromonocotyle; Monocotylidae; Monogenea; Taeniura meyeni

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DASYATIDAE; DENDROMONOCOTYLE; DENDROMONOCOTYLE PIPINNA; ELECTRIC FISH; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA; MYLIOBATIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; TAENIURA; TAENIURA MEYENI; UROLOPHIDAE;

EID: 3242790335     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2004.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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