New species of Aplectana (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) and Mesocoelium monas (Digenea: Brachycoeliidae) in Lepidophyma flavimaculatum (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from Costa Rica

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-170

  Bursey, Charles R ^a   Goldberg, Stephen R ^b   Telford Jr , Sam R ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplectana herediaensis n. sp.; Costa Rica; Digenea; Lepidophyma flavimaculatum; Lizard; Mesocoelium monas; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

APLECTANA; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDOIDEA; BRACHYCOELIIDAE; COSMOCERCIDAE; LEPIDOPHYMA FLAVIMACULATUM; MESOCOELIUM MONAS; NEMATODA; SQUAMATA; XANTUSIIDAE;

EID: 54349092104     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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