An extremely hyperapolytic Acanthobothrium species (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the Japanese Wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes) in Taiwan

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-14

  Fyler, Carrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

28S rDNA; Acanthobothrium; Cestoda; Elasmobranchii; Japanese wobbegong; Orectolobiformes; Orectolobus japonicus; Taiwan; Tetraphyllidea

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOBOTHRIUM; CESTODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; ORECTOLOBIDAE; ORECTOLOBIFORMES; ORECTOLOBUS JAPONICUS; TETRAPHYLLIDEA; TRILOCULARIA;

EID: 79251536815     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4454.1     Document Type: Article

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