Redescription of the tapeworm Monticellia amazonica de Chambrier et Vaucher, 1997 (Cestoda, Proteocephalidea), a parasite of Calophysus macropterus (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) from the Amazon River

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-35

  Scholz, Tomáš ^a   De Chambrier, Alain ^b   Kuchta, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Catfish; Cestoda; Monticellia amazonica; Morphology; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; MONTICELLIA; NOMIMOSCOLEX; PIMELODIDAE; PINIRAMPUS; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 44349169369     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-008-0004-0     Document Type: Article

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