Female morphology of Philometra parasiluri (Nematoda, Philometridae), an ocular parasite of the Amur catfish Silurus asotus in Japan

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-157

  Moravec, František ^a   Scholz, Tomáš ^a,b   Kuchta, Roman ^a,b   Grygier, Mark J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c LAKE BIWA MUSEUM   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catfish; Japan; Lake Biwa; Parasitic nematode; Philometra; Silurus asotus

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE); PHILOMETRIDAE; SILURUS ASOTUS;

EID: 54349121846     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-008-0018-7     Document Type: Article

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