Sandonella sandoni (Lynsdale, 1960), an enigmatic and morphologically unique cestode parasitic in the osteoglossiform fish Heterotis niloticus in Africa

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 202-211

  De Chambrier, Alain ^a   Mariaux, Jean ^a   Sène, Aminata ^a,b   Mahmoud, Zuheir N ^a,c   Scholz, Tomáš ^a,d  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b Univ C A Diop   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; FLATWORM; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEW RECORD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROTIS NILOTICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SANDONELLA SANDONI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUDAN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; EAST AFRICA; NIGERIA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WEST AFRICA;

CESTODA; GLANITAENIA OSCULATA; HETEROTIS NILOTICUS; OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES; PARAPROTEOCEPHALUS PARASILURI; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; PROTEOCEPHALUS;

EID: 40949098218     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1275.1     Document Type: Article

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