Life cycle of Oligacanthorhynchus tortuosa (Oligacanthorhynchidae), an acanthocephalan of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Richardson, Dennis J ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Didelphis virginiana; Millipede; Narceus americanus; Oligacanthorhynchus tortuosa; Virginia opossum

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; DIPLOPODA; NARCEUS AMERICANUS; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHIDAE; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS TORTUOSA;

EID: 33745110624     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4207.1     Document Type: Article

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