Redescription of Spinitectus tabascoensis (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) from fishes of the Lacandon rain forest in Chiapas, southern Mexico, with remarks on Spinitectus macrospinosus and S. osorioi

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-312

  Moravec, František ^a   Salgado Maldonado, Guillermo ^b   Caspeta Mandujano, Juan M ^c   González Solís, David ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atherinella; Cathorops; Chiapas; Eugerres; Fish; Ictalurus; Lacandon rain forest; Lacant n river; Mexico; Parasitic nematode; Potamarius; Spinitectus

Indexed keywords

ARIIDAE; ATHERINELLA; ATHERINELLA ALVAREZI; ATHERINOPSIDAE; CATHOROPS; CHIROSTOMA; CYSTIDICOLIDAE; EUGERRES; EUGERRES MEXICANUS; GERREIDAE; ICTALURIDAE; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS FURCATUS; NEMATODA; PISCES; SPINITECTUS; SPINITECTUS MACROSPINOSUS; SPINITECTUS OSORIOI;

EID: 73649101746     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2009.035     Document Type: Article

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