Redescription of Synthesium pontoporiae n. comb. with notes on S. tursionis and S. seymouri n. comb. (Digenea: Brachycladiidae Odhner, 1905)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 505-514

  Marigo, Juliana ^a,b   Vicente, Ana Carolina Paulo ^a   Valente, Ana Luisa Schifino ^c   Measures, Lena ^d   Santos, Cláudia Portes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Projeto BioPesca   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; FLATWORM; LASER METHOD; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CETACEA; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EJACULATORY DUCT; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SYNTHESIUM PONTOPORIAE; SYNTHESIUM SEYMOURI; SYNTHESIUM TURSIONIS;

ANIMALS; BELUGA WHALE; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CETACEA; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; WHALES;

CETACEA; SYNTHESIUM; SYNTHESIUM TURSIONIS;

EID: 43949129096     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1306.1     Document Type: Article

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