Tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) of firewood catfish Sorubimichthys planiceps (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from the Amazon River

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-28

  De Chambrier, Alain ^a   Scholz, Tomáš ^b  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cestoda; Freshwater fish; Identification key; Lenhataenia gen. n.; Morphology; Peru; Redescriptions; Species survey

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; CHOANOSCOLEX; MEGACEPHALA; MONTICELLIA; MONTICELLIINAE; NOMIMOSCOLEX LENHA; OTHINOSCOLEX; OTHINOSCOLEX LENHA; PELTIDOCOTYLE LENHA; PIMELODIDAE; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; PROTEOCEPHALUS; SILURIFORMES; SORUBIMICHTHYS PLANICEPS;

EID: 41549102432     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2008.004     Document Type: Article

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