Alloglossidium fonti sp. nov. (Digenea, Macroderoididae) from black bullheads in Minnesota with molecular differentiation from congeners and resurrection of Alloglossidium kenti

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-162

  Tkach, Vasyl V ^a,b   Mills, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alloglossidium fonti sp. nov.; catfish; Digenea; ITS and 28S rDNA; molecular differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGLOSSIDIUM; ALLOGLOSSIDIUM CORTI; AMEIURUS MELAS; MACRODEROIDIDAE;

EID: 79958018403     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-011-0025-y     Document Type: Article

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