Neotropical Monogenoidea. 45. Revision of Diplectanocotyla yamaguti, 1953 (Diplectanidae) with redescription of Diplectanocotyla megalopis rakotofiringa and oliver, 1987 on Atlantic Tarpon, Megalops atlanticus cuvier and valenciennes, from Nicaragua and Mexico

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-165

  Mendoza Franco, Edgar F ^a   Kritsky, Delane C ^b   Vidal Martínez, Victor M ^a   Scholz, Tomáš ^c   Aguirre Macedo, Ma Leopoldina ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atlantic tarpon; Biogeography; Diplectanidae; Diplectanocotyla; Diplectanocotyla gracilis; Diplectanocotyla megalopis; Diplectanocotylidae; Megalopidae; Megalops atlanticus; Mexico; Monogenoidea; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

ATLANTICUS; CATOSTOMIDAE; DIPLECTANIDAE; DIPLECTANOCOTYLA MEGALOPIS; DIPLECTANOCOTYLA YAMAGUTI; MEGALOPIDAE; MEGALOPS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 3543022745     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4118     Document Type: Article

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