Redescription of Oligacanthorhynchus major (Machado-Filho, 1963) Schmidt, 1972 (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae) from the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) in Bolivia

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-160

  Richardson, Dennis J ^a   Barger, Michael A ^b  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PERU STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Macracanthorhynchus; Oligacanthorhynchidae; Oligacanthorhynchus major; Peccary; Tayassu pecari

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHIDAE; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS MAJOR; TAYASSU PECARI;

EID: 33748070491     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4235.1     Document Type: Article

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