Intestinal parasites of bowfin, Amia calva L., from the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, West Virginia, U.S.A.

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-140

  Joy, James E ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amia calva; Bowfin; Cestoda; Digenea; Haplobothrium globuliforme; Macroderoides typicus; Pseudophyllidea; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

AMIA CALVA; AMIIDAE; CESTODA; DIGENEA (FLUKES); HAPLOBOTHRIUM GLOBULIFORME; MACRODEROIDES TYPICUS; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 39149112252     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4294.1     Document Type: Article

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