Helminth parasites of the balsas catfish Ictalurus balsanus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) in several localities of the Balsas River drainage, Mexico: Species composition and biogeographical affinities

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-210

  Rosas Valdez, Rogelio ^a   Domínguez Domínguez, Omar ^b   Choudhury, Anindo ^c   Pérez Ponce De León, Gerardo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinostomum complanatum; Contracaecum sp.; Creptotrema agonostomi; Dichelyne (Dichelyne) mexicanus; Eustrongylides sp.; Freshwater fishes; Ictalurus balsanus; Megathylacoides lamothei; Raillietnema kritscheri; Rhabdochona canadensis; Serpinema trispinosum

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; CLINOSTOMUM COMPLANATUM; CONTRACAECUM; CREPTOTREMA AGONOSTOMI; DICHELYNE MEXICANUS; EUSTRONGYLIDES; ICTALURIDAE; ICTALURUS BALSANUS; MEGATHYLACOIDES LAMOTHEI; NEMATODA; PISCES; RAILLIETNEMA KRITSCHERI; RHABDOCHONA CANADENSIS; SERPINEMA TRISPINOSUM; SILURIFORMES; VERMES;

EID: 34547762249     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4263.1     Document Type: Article

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