A new genus and new species of microbothriid monogenean (Platyhelminthes) with a functionally enigmatic reproductive system, parasitic on the skin and mouth lining of the largetooth sawfish, Pristis microdon, in Australia

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-122

  Kearn, Graham C ^a   Whittington, Ian D ^b,c   Evans Gowing, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dermophthirioides pristidis; Dermopristis paradoxus gen. et sp. nov.; Functional morphology; Microbothriidae; Monogenea; Platyhelminthes; Pristis spp.; Reproductive biology; Sawfish

Indexed keywords

ELASMOBRANCHII; MICROBOTHRIIDAE; MONOGENEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS; PRISTIS MICRODON; PRISTIS PECTINATA; PRISTIS PRISTIS;

EID: 77955022928     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-010-0019-1     Document Type: Article

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