Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian waters: problems of species identification and a description of H. sprenti n. sp

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 17-27

  Aken'Ova, Thelma O L ^a,b   Cribb, Thomas H ^a   Bray, Rodney A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNARIIDAE; APOGONIDAE; HELICOMETRA; HELICOMETRA FASCIATA; KYPHOSIDAE; LABRIDAE; OPECOELIDAE; PARALICHTHYIDAE; PINGUIPEDIDAE; PISCES; PLATYCEPHALUS SPECULATOR; SCORPAENIDAE; SPARIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; PARASITOLOGY; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; INTESTINES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 33646472148     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-005-5500-0     Document Type: Article

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