Three new species of Rhinebothrium(Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the freshwater whipray, Himantura chaophraya, in Malaysian Borneo

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 364-374

  Healy, Claire J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARTICLE; BORNEO; CESTODE; FISH; HIMANTURA CHAOPHRAYA; HIMANTURA CHOPHRAYA; INTESTINE; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; RHINEBOTHRIUM; RHINEBOTHRIUM ABAIENSIS; RHINEBOTHRIUM KINABATANGANENSIS; RHINEBOTHRIUM MEGACANTHOPHALLUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BORNEO; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SKATES (FISH);

ASIA; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; CHAO PHRAYA RIVER; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; KINABATANGAN RIVER; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

CESTODA; DASYATIDAE; ECHENEIBOTHRIUM; HIMANTURA; HIMANTURA CHAOPHRAYA; INVERTEBRATA; RHINEBOTHRIUM; TETRAPHYLLIDEA;

EID: 33646489687     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-560R.1     Document Type: Article

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