Selachohemecus benzi n. sp. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus (Carcharhinidae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-154

  Bullard, Stephen A ^a   Overstreet, Robin M ^a   Carlson, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; SEA; SHARK;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; MEXICO; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLATYHELMINTHS; SHARKS;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; DIGENEA (FLUKES); RHIZOPRIONODON TERRAENOVAE; SANGUINICOLIDAE; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 33744488557     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-005-9010-x     Document Type: Article

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