Orectolobicestus n. g. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea), with the description of five new species and the transfer of Phyllobothrium chiloscyllii to the new genus

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-233

  Ruhnke, T R ^a   Caira, J N ^b   Carpenter, S D ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CESTODE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHARK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALASIA; CESTODA; FEMALE; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SHARKS; TERMINOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX; CESTODA; CHILOSCYLLIUM; CHILOSCYLLIUM INDICUM; CHILOSCYLLIUM PUNCTATUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; HEMISCYLLIIDAE; ORECTOLOBIFORMES; PARAORYGMATOBOTHRIUM; PHYLLOBOTHRIIDAE; PHYLLOBOTHRIUM; TETRAPHYLLIDEA; THYSANOCEPHALUM;

EID: 33749681516     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-006-9050-x     Document Type: Article

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