New metacestodes of gryporhynchid tapeworms (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758) from Mozambique, Africa

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-320

  Scholz, Tomáš ^a   Boane, Custodio ^b   Saraiva, Aurélia ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cestodes; Cyprinid fish; Gryporhynchidae; Helminths; Life cycle; Morphology; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

ARDEIDAE; CESTODA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; CYCLUSTERA; CYCLUSTERA MAGNA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; GERVAIS; PARVITAENIA; VERMES;

EID: 51949104982     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4331.1     Document Type: Article

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