Erection of a new onchobothriid genus (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) and the description of five new species from whaler sharks (Carcharhinidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 924-940

  Caira, J N ^a   Jensen, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CESTODE; GENUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TRILOCULATUM ANDERSONORUM; TRILOCULATUM BULLARDI; TRILOCULATUM GEECEEARELENSIS; TRILOCULATUM JODYI; TRILOCULATUM OREGONTWOAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CESTODIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; ELASMOBRANCHII; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS ACRONOTUS; CARCHARHINUS BREVIPINNA; CARCHARHINUS ISODON; CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CESTODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION ACUTIDENS; ONCHOBOTHRIIDAE; PHOREIOBOTHRIUM; TETRAPHYLLIDEA;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; ELASMOBRANCHII; FISH DISEASES; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 73949129274     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1963.1     Document Type: Article

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