Aptorchis glandularis n. sp. (Digenea: Plagiorchioidea) from the northwestern red-faced turtle, Emydura australis, (Pleurodira: Chelidae) in the Kimberley, Western Australia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 918-924

  Tkach, Vasyl V ^a   Snyder, Scott D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; ENDOPARASITE; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TURTLE;

APTORCHIS AEQUALIS; APTORCHIS GLANDULARIS; APTORCHIS MEGACETABULUS; APTORCHIS MEGAPHARYNX; APTORCHIS PEARSONI; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHOANOCOTYLE HOBBSI; EMYDURA AUSTRALIS; INTESTINE PARASITE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RED FACED TURTLE; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TURTLES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AFRICA; KIMBERLEY; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHELIDAE; EMYDURA AUSTRALIS; MICROSCAPHIDIIDAE; NOTOCOTYLIDAE; PLAGIORCHIOIDEA; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 51449101478     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1439.1     Document Type: Article

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