Redescription of proteocephalus glanduligerus (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of clariid catfishes in Africa with a unique glandular apical organ

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 443-449

  Scholz, Tomáš ^a   De Chambrier, Alain ^a,b   Beletew, Moges ^a,c   Mahmoud, Zuheir N ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; FISH; FLATWORM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; OSMOREGULATION;

ARTICLE; CATFISH; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEOCEPHALUS GLANDULIGERUS; SCOLEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SPHINCTER; SUDAN; TESTIS; UTERUS; VAGINA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CESTODIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; EGYPT; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RIVER;

ETHIOPIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN;

CESTODA; CLARIAS; CLARIAS ANGUILLARIS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CLARIIDAE; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; PROTEOCEPHALUS; SILURIFORMES;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; FISH DISEASES; RIVERS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 67651098986     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1715.1     Document Type: Article

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