Helminth parasites of the grotto salamander, Eurycea spelaea (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri, U.S.A.

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 291-297

  McAllister, Chris T ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b   Trauth, Stanley E ^c   Fenolio, Danté B ^d  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibiocapillaria tritonispunctati; Arkansas; Bothriocephalus typhlotritonis; Caudata; Cestoidea; Eurycea spelaea; Grotto salamander; Metacercariae; Missouri; Neascus; Nematoda; Omeia papillocauda; Plagioporus gyrinophili; Plethodontidae; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOCAPILLARIA TRITONISPUNCTATI; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS; CAUDATA; CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); CESTODA; EURYCEA; EURYCEA SPELAEUS; FESSISENTIS VANCLEAVEI; NEASCUS; OMEIA; PLAGIOPORUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; STRIGEOIDEA; TREMATODA; TRICHURIDAE; TYPHLOTRITON; VERMES;

EID: 33748054261     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4196.1     Document Type: Article

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