Echinobothrium joshuai n. sp. (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from the roughnose legskate, cruriraja hulleyi (Rajiformes: Rajidae), off South Africa

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 306-311

  Rodriguez, Natasha ^a   Pickering, Maria ^a   Caira, Janine N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Cruriraja hulleyi; Diphyllidea; Echinobothrium joshuai; new species; roughnose legskate; South Africa; tapeworms

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; CRURIRAJA; DIPHYLLIDEA; ECHINOBOTHRIUM; ELASMOBRANCHII; RAJIDAE; RAJIFORMES;

EID: 79960812521     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4485.1     Document Type: Article

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