Taxonomic status of Ligophorus mugilinus (Hargis, 1955) (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae), with a description of a new of Ligophorus from Mugil cephalus (teleostei: mugilidae) in the mediterranean basin

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1444-1451

  Sarabeev, Volodimir Leonidovich ^a   Balbuena, Juan Antonio ^a,b   Euzet, Louis ^a,c  

^a ZAPORIZHZHIA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; TAXONOMY;

ANCYROCEPHALIDAE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLACK SEA; CARIBBEAN SEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; LIGOPHORUS MEDITERRANEUS; LIGOPHORUS MUGILINUS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORPHOMETRICS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TELEOST; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; FISH DISEASES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLATYHELMINTHS; SMEGMAMORPHA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANCYROCEPHALIDAE; ANIMALIA; LIGOPHORUS; LIGOPHORUS MUGILINUS; MONOGENEA; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGIL CUREMA; MUGILIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 32544436760     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-418R.1     Document Type: Article

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