Description of Brachylecithum mackoi n. sp. (Digenea: Dicrocoeliidae) from the European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus (Insectivora: Erinaceidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 793-796

  Casanova, Joan Carles ^a   Ribas, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE;

ACETABULUM; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRACHYLECITHUM MACKOI; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; ETHIOPIA; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEDGEHOG; HOST RANGE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PALEARCTIC; PARASITE ISOLATION; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; DICROCOELIIDAE; HEDGEHOGS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

BRACHYLECITHUM; DICROCOELIIDAE; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; TREMATODA; VITELLARIA;

EID: 4344567102     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3284     Document Type: Article

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