Status of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) based on anatomical, ecological, and phylogenetic evidence, with the erection of Pseudocorynosoma n. gen.

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 548-564

  Aznar, F Javier ^a   De León, Gerardo Pérez Ponce ^a,b   Raga, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANDRACANTHA; ARTICLE; BIRD; CORYNOSOMA; DUCKS AND GEESE; EGG SIZE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEXAGLANDULA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHUS; PSEUDOCORYNOSOMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; TESTIS;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CETACEA; DUCKS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MINK; OTTERS; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPEDIA; SEAWATER;

ANATIDAE; ANDRACANTHA; AVES; CORYNOSOMA; HEXAGLANDULA; MAMMALIA; POLYMORPHIDAE; POLYMORPHUS;

EID: 33746562318     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-715R.1     Document Type: Article

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