Trematodes from Red Sea fishes: Proneohelicometra aegyptensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925) and Neohypocreadium gibsoni sp. nov. (Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905)

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-254

  Hassanine, Reda M El S ^a  

^a NEW VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fishes; Lepocreadiidae; Neohypocreadium gibsoni sp. nov.; Opecoelidae; Proneohelicometra aegyptensis gen. nov.; Red Sea; sp. nov.; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

CHAETODON AURIGA; CHAETODONTIDAE; LEPOCREADIIDAE; NEOHELICOMETRA; NEOHYPOCREADIUM; NEOHYPOCREADIUM DORSOPORUM; OPECOELIDAE; PISCES; PTEROIS VOLITANS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; SCORPAENIDAE; TREMATODA; UCHIDA;

EID: 33846320503     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-006-0038-0     Document Type: Article

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