Examination of Homalometron elongatum Manter, 1947 and description of a new congener from Eucinostomus currani Zahuranec, 1980 in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-163

  Parker, Jessica H ^a   Curran, Stephen S ^a   Overstreet, Robin M ^a   Tkach, Vasyl V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apocreadiidae; Costa Rica; Eucinostomus currani; Fishes; Gerreidae; Gerres cinereus; Homalometron elongatum; Homalometron lesliorum n. sp.; Nicaragua; Puerto Rico; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

APOCREADIIDAE; EUCINOSTOMUS; GERREIDAE; GERRES CINEREUS; HOMALOMETRON; HOMALOMETRON ARMATUM; HOMALOMETRON PALLIDUM; HOMALOMETRON PAPILLIFERUM; PISCES; TREMATODA;

EID: 77955136319     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4451.1     Document Type: Article

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