Notes on the morphology of two species of Gussevia Kohn & Paperna (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) parasitic on Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz) (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Brazil

Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-104

  Abdallah, Vanessa D ^a   Azevedo, Rodney K ^a   Luque, José L ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fish parasite; Freshwater fish; Neotropical region; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ASOTA; ASTRONOTUS OCELLATUS; CICHLIDAE; DACTYLOGYRIDAE; MONOGENEA; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 48249085294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18099009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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