The status of Rhoptrobothrium Shipley et Hornell, 1906 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea), with redescription of the type species, R. myliobatidis, and description of three new species from two species of Aetomylaeus (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from Malaysian Borneo

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-207

  Jensen, Kirsten ^a   Caira, Janine N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aetomylaeus; Borneo; Cestoda; Metascolex; Rhoptrobothrium; Tetraphyllidea; Thysanocephalinae

Indexed keywords

AETOMYLAEUS; AETOMYLAEUS MACULATUS; AETOMYLAEUS NIEHOFII; CESTODA; ELASMOBRANCHII; METAZOA; MYLIOBATIDAE; MYLIOBATIFORMES; MYLIOBATINAE; TETRAPHYLLIDEA; THYSANOCEPHALINAE; THYSANOCEPHALUM;

EID: 33750064614     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2006.025     Document Type: Article

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