Rhabdochona (Rhabdochona) keralaensis sp. nov. (Rhabdochonidae) and some other nematodes in the Indian mottled eel Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis from India

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-82

  Moravec, František ^a   Sheeba, Sarasamma ^b   Kumar, Appukuttannair Biju ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Anguilla bengalensis; Camallanus; freshwater eel; India; Kerala; Parasitic nematode; Procamallanus; Rhabdochona

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA (FISH); ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; INDIA; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS;

ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA BENGALENSIS; ANGUILLIDAE; CAMALLANIDA; CAMALLANUS; CAMALLANUS COTTI; NEMATODA; PISCES; PROCAMALLANUS; RHABDOCHONA; SPIROCAMALLANUS;

EID: 84863281930     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-012-0013-x     Document Type: Article

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