Astiotrema turneri n. sp. (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) from cichlid fishes (Cichlidae: Perciformes) of Lake Malawi, south-eastern Africa

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1319, 2006, Pages 43-58

  Bray, Rodney A ^a   Van Oosterhout, Cock ^b   Blais, Jonatan ^c   Cable, Joanne ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astiotrema turneri n. sp.; Cichlidae; Digenea; Labeotropheus trewavasae; Lake Malawi; Melanochromis vermivorus; Plagiorchiidae; Pseudotropheus emmiltos; Pseudotropheus zebra

Indexed keywords

ASTIOTREMA; CICHLIDAE; LABEOTROPHEUS TREWAVASAE; MELANOCHROMIS VERMIVORUS; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; PLAGIORCHIIDAE; PSEUDOTROPHEUS;

EID: 33749454520     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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