Two new species of Neoentobdella (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae) from the skin of Australian stingrays (Dasyatidae)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-35

  Whittington, Ian D ^a,b   Kearn, Graham C ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dasyatidae; Dasyatis fluviorum; Entobdellines; Monogenea; Neoentobdella baggioi sp. n.; Neoentobdella cribbi sp. n.; Platyhelminthes; Spermatophores; Stingrays; Urogymnus asperrimus

Indexed keywords

CAPSALIDAE; DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS FLUVIORUM; ELASMOBRANCHII; MONOGENEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; UROGYMNUS ASPERRIMUS;

EID: 64649099659     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2009.005     Document Type: Article

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