First report of Echinochasmus sp. from the Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina L.) from Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-164

  Platt, Thomas R ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia; Chelydra serpentina; Digenea; Echinochasmus; Echinostomatidae; Elon Byrd; Postcyclic transmission; Reelfoot Lake; Snapping turtle; Tennessee; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; DIGENEA (FLUKES); ECHINOCHASMUS; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TREMATODA;

EID: 33748059546     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4219.1     Document Type: Article

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