Revision of Potamotrygonocotyle Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae), with descriptions of four new species from the gills of the freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon spp. (Rajiformes: Potamotrygonidae) from the La Plata river basin

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-174

  Domingues, Marcus V ^a   Marques, Fernando P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURA; MONOCOTYLIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; POTAMOTRYGON; POTAMOTRYGON CASTEXI; POTAMOTRYGON HISTRIX; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE; RAJIFORMES;

EID: 34250011446     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-006-9086-y     Document Type: Article

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