Sciadocephalus megalodiscus Diesing, 1850 (Cestoda: Corallobothriinae), a parasite of Cichla monoculus Spix, 1831 (Cichlidae), in the Paraná River, State of Paraná, Brazil

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-137

  Rego, Amilcar Arandas ^a   MacHado, Patricia Miyuki ^b   Pavanelli, Gilberto Cezar ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil.; Cestoda; Cichla monoculus; Cichlidae; Parana River; Proteocephalidae; Sciadocephalus megalodiscus; Teleos tei

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449780575     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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