Choanocotyle platti sp. nov. from the northern long-necked turtle, Chelodina rugosa (Pleurodira, Chelidae) in Australia

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 318-324

  Tkach, Vasyl V ^a,b   Snyder, Scott D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

18S gene; 28S gene; Australia; Chelodina rugosa; Choanocotyle platti sp. nov.; Choanocotylidae; Digenea; DNA sequences; ITS region; Northern long necked turtle; Northern Territory; Plagiorchiida

Indexed keywords

CHELIDAE; CHELODINA RUGOSA; CHOANOCOTYLE; CHOANOCOTYLE HOBBSI; CHOANOCOTYLE NEMATOIDES; CHOANOCOTYLIDAE; PLAGIORCHIIDA; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38348998605     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-007-0057-5     Document Type: Article

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