Nilonema gymnarchi Khalil, 1960 and N. senticosum (Baylis, 1922) (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea): Gondwana relicts?

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-234

  Santos, Cláudia Portes ^a   Gibson, David I ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRACUNCULUS; ELECTRIC FISH; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AMERICA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DRACUNCULOIDEA; ELECTRIC FISH; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SOUTH AMERICA; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

AMPHILINIDAE; ARAPAIMA GIGAS; CESTODA; DRACUNCULOIDEA; DRACUNCULUS (NEMATODE); GYMNARCHIDAE; GYMNARCHUS NILOTICUS; NEMATODA; OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES; PHILOMETRIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERMES;

EID: 34250014976     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-006-9080-4     Document Type: Article

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