Three new species of philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) from centrarchid fishes in the USA

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1103-1113

  Moravec, František ^a   Crosby, M David ^a,b   De Buron, Isaure ^a,c   González Solís, David ^a,d   Roumillat, William A ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSEUM; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; PERCID; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRESHWATER FISH; LARGEMOUTH BASS; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PERCIFORMES; PHILOMETRA ORBITALENSIS; PHILOMETROIDES APHANONARIS; PHILOMETROIDES WELLBORNI; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TOOTH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PERCIFORMES; RIVERS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CENTRARCHIDAE; DRACUNCULOIDEA; LEPOMIS AURITUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; NEMATODA; PERCIFORMES; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE); PHILOMETRIDAE; PHILOMETROIDES; PISCES;

EID: 54349123294     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1523.1     Document Type: Article

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