New data on the morphology and taxonomy of three species of Rhabdochona (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) parasitizing fishes in India

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-306

  Moravec, František ^a   Scholz, Tomáš ^a   Ash, Anirban ^a,b   Kar, Pradip Kumar ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c JHARGRAM RAJ COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Clupisoma; Freshwater fish; India; Morphology; Parasitic nematode; Rhabdochona; Schizothorax; Taxonomy; Tor

Indexed keywords

CLUPISOMA; CLUPISOMA GARUA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; ELAEOCARPUS BIFIDUS; NEMATODA; PISCES; RHABDOCHONA; RHABDOCHONA DENUDATA; RHABDOCHONA HELLICHI; SCHILBEIDAE; SCHIZOTHORAX; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 78650094863     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2010.036     Document Type: Article

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