First record of Hexaglandula corynosoma (Travassos, 1915) Petrochenko, 1958 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) in intermediate and definitive hosts in Mexico

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1873, 2008, Pages 61-68

  Guillén Hernández, Sergio ^a   García Varela, Martín ^b   Pérez Ponce De León, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Cytochrome oxidase subunit I; Hexaglandula corynosoma; Mexico; Nyctanassa violacea; Uca spinicarpa

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANATIDAE; AVES; CRUSTACEA; HEXAGLANDULA CORYNOSOMA; MAMMALIA; NYCTANASSA VIOLACEA; NYCTICORAX; POLYMORPHIDAE; UCA SPINICARPA;

EID: 51649092226     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1873.1.6     Document Type: Article

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