Parasites of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, in southern California, U.S.A

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-232

  Kuperman, Boris I ^a   Matey, Victoria E ^a   Fisher, Robert N ^b   Ervin, Edward L ^b   Warburton, Manna L ^b   Bakhireva, Ludmila ^c   Lehman, Cynthia A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; African clawed frog; Cestoda; Digenea; Monogenea; Nematoda; Protozoa; Southern California; Survey; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANURA; BALANTIDIUM; BALANTIDIUM XENOPODIS; CEPHALOCHLAMYS NAMAQUENSIS; CESTODA; CLINOSTOMUM; CONTRACAECUM; EUSTRONGYLIDES; GYRDICOTYLUS GALLIENI; MONOGENEA; NEMATODA; NYCTOTHERUS; PROTOOPALINA; PROTOOPALINA XENOPODUS; PROTOPOLYSTOMA XENOPODIS; PROTOZOA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 3543034640     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4112     Document Type: Article

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