Overview of South African Dendromonocotyle (monogenea: Monocotylidae), with descriptions of 2 new species from stingrays (dasyatidae) kept in public aquaria

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1826, 2008, Pages 26-44

  Vaughan, David ^a,b   Chisholm, Leslie ^c   Christison, Kevin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Two Oceans Aquarium   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dasyatis; Dendromonocotyle; Himantura; Monocotylidae; Monogenea; Public aquaria; Stingrays

Indexed keywords

DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS; DASYATIS CHRYSONOTA; DENDROMONOCOTYLE; HIMANTURA; HIMANTURA GERRARDI; HIMANTURA UARNAK; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA;

EID: 47949094966     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1826.1.2     Document Type: Article

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