Ophiotaenia alessandrae sp. n. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of Hyla boans (Anura: Hylidae) from Amazonia in Ecuador

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 553-563

  Marsella, Claudia M V ^a,b   De Chambrier, Alain ^a  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Morphology; South America; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; EUCESTODA; HYLA; HYLA BOANS; HYLIDAE; OPHIOTAENIA; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA;

EID: 54049125341     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80444     Document Type: Article

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