Helminths of the Hydromyini (Muridae: Hydromyinae) from Papua New Guinea with the description of a new species of Labiobulura (Nematoda: Ascaridida)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1332, 2006, Pages 57-68

  Smales, Lesley R ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Australia; Cestoda; Hydromyin; Labiobulura; Muridae; Nematoda; Papua New Guinea; Rodent; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDOIDEA; BRACHYLAIMA; CAPILLARIA; CESTODA; HETERAKIS FIELDINGI; LEPTOMYS; MATHEVOTAENIA; MAYERMYS; MURIDAE; MURINAE; NEMATODA; NEOHYDROMYS; ODILIA MACKERRASAE; PARAHYDROMYS; PARALEPTOMYS; PORRORCHIS HYDROMURIS; PROTOSPIRURA; RODENTIA; SPIRURIDA; SUBULURIDAE; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 33750376680     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1332.1.4     Document Type: Article

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