Redescription of Alinema amazonicum (Travassos, 1960) N. Comb., a philometrid nematode with unusual morphology

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-144

  Moravec, František ^a   Scholz, Tomáš ^a,b   Dyková, Iva ^a,b   Kuchta, Roman ^a,b   Fiala, Ivan ^a,b   Kohn, Anna ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; HOST; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALINEMA AMAZONICUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALOPHYSUS MACROPTERUS; CATFISH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PERRUNICHTHYS PERRUNO; PERU; PHILOMETRA AMAZONICA; PHILOMETRID; RIVER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PERU; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

AMAZON BASIN; LORETO; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE); PHILOMETRIDAE; PIMELODIDAE; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 33645536983     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3523.1     Document Type: Article

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