A new species of Potamotrygonocestus Brooks & Thorson, 1976 (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from Plesiotrygon iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson (Mylliobatoidea: Potamotrygonidae) and a redescription of Potamotrygonocestus chaoi Marques, Brooks & Araujo, 2003

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-145

  Luchetti, N M ^a   Marques, F P L ^a   Charvet Almeida, P ^b  

^a Departamento de Zoologia IB   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Sistemática   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; DASYATIDAE; EUCESTODA; PLESIOTRYGON IWAMAE; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO; POTAMOTRYGONIDAE; POTAMOTRYGONOCESTUS; TETRAPHYLLIDEA;

EID: 42549151545     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-008-9135-9     Document Type: Article

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