Three Dendromonocotyle species (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) reported from captive rays, including D. lotteri sp. n. from Himantura gerrardi (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae) in the public aquarium at the Atlantis resort, Dubai

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-106

  Vaughan, David B ^a   Chisholm, Leslie A ^b  

^a Two Oceans Aquarium   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dendromonocotyle; Dubai; Himantura gerrardi; Monocotylidae; Monogenea; Neotrygon kuhlii; Public aquarium

Indexed keywords

DASYATIDAE; DENDROMONOCOTYLE; ELASMOBRANCHII; HIMANTURA GERRARDI; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRIC FISH; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; PLATYHELMINTHS; SKATES (FISH); UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 68349103204     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2009.015     Document Type: Article

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