A new genus and species of philometrid (nematoda) from the subcutaneous tissue of the crevalle jack, Caranx hippos (osteichthyes), from the southern Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1346-1350

  Moravec, František ^a   Montoya Mendoza, Jesús ^a,b   Salgado Maldonado, Guillermo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRACKISH WATER; CORAL REEF; NEMATODE; NEW TAXON; ORNAMENTATION; PERCIFORM; TOOTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANTHOZOA; CARANGIDAE; CARANX HIPPOS; NEMATODA; OSTEICHTHYES; PERCIFORMES; PHILOMETRIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 58549106995     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1577.1     Document Type: Article

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