A new acuariid species (Spirurida, Acuariidae) and other nematodes from Hydromys (Muridae, Hydromyinae) from Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1110, 2006, Pages 27-37

  Smales, Lesley R ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Australia; Cestoda; Muridae; Nematoda; Papua Indonesia Tikusnema; Papua New Guinea; Rodent; Trematoda; Water rat

Indexed keywords

ACUARIIDAE; CESTODA; HETERAKIS FIELDINGI; HYDROMYS; HYDROMYS CHRYSOGASTER; HYDROMYS SHAWMAYERI; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; MURIDAE; MURINAE; NEMATODA; NOTOCOTYLIDAE; PORRORCHIS HYDROMURIS; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS; SPIRURIDA; SUBULURA; TIKUSNEMA; TOXOCARA; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS; UNCINARIA; VERMES;

EID: 33745241064     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1110.1.3     Document Type: Article

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