Helminths from 10 species of brachycephalid frogs (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from Costa Rica

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Brachycephalidae; Cestoda; Costa Rica; Digenea; Nematoda; Supracommunity

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANURA; APLECTANA; BRACHYCEPHALIDAE; CENTRORHYNCHIDAE; CESTODA; COSMOCERCA; COSMOCERCA PODICIPINUS; COSMOCERCOIDES VARIABILIS; CYLINDROTAENIA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS CARYOPHYLLACEUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS CRUENTUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS RIDENS; FALCAUSTRA; GORGODERINA; HEDRURIS; MESOCOELIUM MONAS; NEMATODA; OCHOTERENELLA; OSWALDOCRUZIA; PHYSALOPTERA; PORROCAECUM; RHABDIAS; VERMES;

EID: 51949089491     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4327.1     Document Type: Article

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