Pseudopycnadena tendu sp. nov. (Digenea, Opecoelidae) in the yellow-spotted triggerfish Pseudobalistes fuscus (Perciformes, Balistidae) and additional opecoelids parasitizing fishes from the waters off New Caledonia

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Bray, Rodney A ^a   Justine, Jean Lou ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Allopodocotyle epinepheli; Balistidae; Cainocreadium epinepheli; Digenea; Hamacreadium mutabile; Helicometra epinepheli; New Caledonia; Orthodena tropica; Pacificreadium serrani; Pseudobalistes fuscus; Pseudoplagioporus interruptus; Pseudopycnadena tendu

Indexed keywords

ALLOPODOCOTYLE; BALISTIDAE; CAINOCREADIUM EPINEPHELI; CANTHIDERMIS ROTUNDATUS; DURIO; EPINEPHELUS CYANOPODUS; HAMACREADIUM MUTABILE; HELICOMETRA; LETHRINUS LENTJAN; LETHRINUS RUBRIOPERCULATUS; LUTJANUS FULVIFLAMMA; OPECOELIDAE; PACIFICREADIUM SERRANI; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS; PSEUDOBALISTES FUSCUS; PSEUDOPLAGIOPORUS INTERRUPTUS; PSEUDOPYCNADENA; VARIOLA LOUTI; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 34250693487     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-006-0051-3     Document Type: Article

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