Dendromonocotyle urogymni sp. nov. (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) from Urogymnus asperrimus (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatidae) off eastern Australia

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-118

  Chisholm, Leslie ^a   Whittington, Ian ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dasyatidae; Dendromonocotyle urogymni sp. nov.; Monocotylidae; Monogenea; Queensland; Urogymnus asperrimus

Indexed keywords

DASYATIDAE; DENDROMONOCOTYLE; ELASMOBRANCHII; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA; UROGYMNUS ASPERRIMUS;

EID: 67849095312     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-009-0023-5     Document Type: Article

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