Two new nematode species, Paragendria papuanensis sp. n. (Seuratoidea) and Rhabdochona papuanensis sp. n. (Thelazioidea), from freshwater fishes in Papua New Guinea

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-135

  Moravec, František ^a   Říha, Milan ^b,c   Kuchta, Roman ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; Glossamia; Melanotaenia; Papua New Guinea; Paragendria; Parasitic nematode; Rhabdochona

Indexed keywords

APOGONIDAE; GLOSSAMIA; GLOSSAMIA GJELLERUPI; MELANOTAENIA; MELANOTAENIA AFFINIS; MELANOTAENIIDAE; PISCES; QUIMPERIIDAE; RHABDOCHONA; THELAZIA; THELAZIOIDEA;

EID: 47249131280     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2008.017     Document Type: Article

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