Invalidity of three Palaearctic species of Triaenophorus tapeworms (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea): Evidence from morphometric analysis of scolex hooks

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-42

  Kuchta, Roman ^a,b   Vlčková, Romana ^a   Poddubnaya, Larisa G ^c   Gustinelli, Andrea ^d   Dzika, Ewa ^e   Scholz, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biometry; Cestoda; Descriptive statistics; Discriminant analysis; Scolex hooks; Taxonomy; Triaenophorus

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; ESOCIDAE; ESOX LUCIUS; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA; TRIAENOPHORUS; TRIAENOPHORUS CRASSUS; TRIAENOPHORUS NODULOSUS;

EID: 33947357711     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2007.005     Document Type: Article

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