Aptorchis megacetabulus n. sp. (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) from the northern long-necked turtle, Chelodina rugosa (Pleurodira: Chelidae), in Australia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 404-408

  Tkach, Vasyl V ^a   Snyder, Scott D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

DNA; FLATWORM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TURTLE;

APTORCHIS MEGACETABULUS; ARTICLE; CHELODINA RUGOSA; DNA SEQUENCE; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; SPECIES COMPARISON; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

CHELIDAE; CHELODINA RUGOSA; DIGENEA (FLUKES); PLAGIORCHIOIDEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES; VERMES;

EID: 34249090763     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-998R.1     Document Type: Article

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