A new species of Polystomoides ward, 1917 (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from freshwater chelonians (Testudines: Chelidae) in Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 626-630

  Vieira, Fabiano M ^a   Novelli, Iara A ^a   Sousa, Bernadete M ^a   De SouzaLima, Sueli ^a  

^a Departamento de Zoologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; MORPHOMETRY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HYDROMEDUSA MAXIMILIANI; LAKE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PHRYNOPS GEOFFROANUS; POLYSTOMOIDES BRASILIENSIS; POLYSTOMOIDES URUGUAYENSIS; TESTIS; TREMATODE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FRESH WATER; PLATYHELMINTHS; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES;

BRAZIL; JUIZ DE FORA; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHELIDAE; HYDROMEDUSA MAXIMILIANI; MONOGENEA; PHRYNOPS GEOFFROANUS; POLYSTOMATIDAE; POLYSTOMOIDES; TESTUDINES; VERMES;

EID: 47349084088     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1417R.1     Document Type: Article

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