Redescription, systematic status and molecular characterisation of Multicaecum heterotis Petter, Vassiliadès et Marchand, 1979 (Nematoda: Heterocheilidae), an intestinal parasite of Heterotis niloticus (Osteichthyes: Arapaimidae) in Africa

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-288

  Mašová, Šárka ^a   Moravec, František ^b   Baruš, Vlastimil ^c   Seifertová, Mária ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

18S rDNA sequences; Africa; Barcoding; Brevimulticaecum; Heterotis; ITS2 sequences; Multicaecum; Nematoda; Senegal; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ASCARIDOIDEA; BREVIMULTICAECUM; HETEROCHEILIDAE (NEMATODE); HETEROTIS; HETEROTIS NILOTICUS; NEMATODA; OSTEICHTHYES; OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 78650126992     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2010.034     Document Type: Article

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