A new opecoelid species (trematoda: Opecoelidae) from the threespine stickleback gasterosteus aculeatus L. in California

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1177-1182

  Tracey, John K ^a   Choudhury, Anindo ^a   Cheng, Jan Marie ^a,b   Ghosh, Sibdas ^a,b  

^a ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

ARTICLE; FRESHWATER FISH; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; INTESTINE PARASITE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLAGIOPORUS KOLIPINSKII; TAXONOMY; TREMATODE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; SMEGMAMORPHA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CALIFORNIA; LOBOS CREEK; SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; OPECOELIDAE; PLAGIOPORUS; PLAGIOPORUS SHAWI; TREMATODA;

EID: 77749339860     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1999.1     Document Type: Article

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