A new species of Oswaldocruzia (Molineidae: Nematoda) in Chaunus marinus (Amphibian: Bufonidae) (Linneaus, 1758) from Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 264-268

  Santos, Jeannie N ^a   Giese, Elane G ^a   Maldonado Jr , Arnaldo ^a,b   Lanfredi, Reinalda M ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; ENDOPARASITE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPICULE; TOAD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAUNUS MARINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENUS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEMATODE; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; OSWALDOCRUZIA BELENENSIS; OSWALDOCRUZIA BONSI; OSWALDOCRUZIA LESCUREI; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; STRONGYLOIDEA; TOAD;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

BELEM; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; BUFONIDAE; MOLINEIDAE; NEMATODA; OSWALDOCRUZIA; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 40949161484     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1336.1     Document Type: Article

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