Redescription of Proteocephalus sulcatus (Klaptocz, 1906) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a poorly known parasite of Ciarotes laticeps (Pisces: Siluriformes) in the Sudan

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 693-702

  De Chambrier, Alain ^a   Scholz, Tomáš ^b   Beletew, Moges ^c   Mahmoud, Zuheir N ^d  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Africa; Catfish parasite; Cestodes; Clarotes laticeps; Proteocephalidae; Proteocephalus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; CLAROTES LATICEPS; PISCES; POLYPTERUS; POLYPTERUS ENDLICHERII; PROTEOCEPHALIDAE; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; PROTEOCEPHALUS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 38349028862     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80409     Document Type: Article

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