Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from an unusual species of Himantura (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-128

  Fyler, Carrie A ^a   Caira, Janine N ^a   Jensen, Kirsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

28S rDNA; Acanthobothrium; Australia; Cestoda; Himantura; Tetraphyllidea

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOBOTHRIUM; ACANTHOBOTHRIUM SP. 1; CANDIDATUS MICROTHRIX; CESTODA; DASYATIDAE; HIMANTURA; RAJIFORMES; TETRAPHYLLIDEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; SKATES (FISH);

EID: 68349123676     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2009.016     Document Type: Article

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