New observations on Philometrid Nematodes (Philometridae) in Marine fishes from the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Indian River Lagoon of Florida (Usa), with first description of the male of Caranginema americanum

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 398-403

  Moravec, František ^a   Bakenhaster, Micah ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; INFECTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CARANGINEMA AMERICANUM; FISH; GONAD; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHILOMETRA; PHILOMETRA CHARLESTONENSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BELONIFORMES; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; MALE; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; PREVALENCE; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; INDIAN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BELONIDAE; CARANGIDAE; CARANX HIPPOS; MYCTEROPERCA PHENAX; NEMATODA; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE); PHILOMETRIDAE; PHILOMETROIDES; PISCES; SERRANIDAE; STRONGYLURA MARINA;

EID: 84860310603     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2945.1     Document Type: Article

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