A new paramacroderoides species (Digenea: Macroderoididae) from two species of gar in the Southeastern United States

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1002-1006

  Tkach, Vasyl V ^a   Pulis, Eric E ^a,b   Overstreet, Robin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; FRESH WATER; HELMINTH DNA;

BODY SIZE; DIVERGENCE; FLY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MACRODEROIDES SPINIFERUS; MACRODEROIDES TEXANUS; MACRODEROIDES TRILOBATUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMACRODEROIDES ECHINUS; PARAMACRODEROIDES KINSELLAI; PARAMACRODEROIDES PSEUDOECHINUS; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MISSISSIPPI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ALACHUA COUNTY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS; LEPISOSTEUS PLATYRHINCUS; MACRODEROIDES; MACRODEROIDIDAE; PARAMACRODEROIDES; PARAMACRODEROIDES ECHINUS; PARAMACRODEROIDES PSEUDOECHINUS; VITELLARIA;

EID: 77958195538     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2385.1     Document Type: Article

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