Morphological and molecular evidences for the existence of two new species of Homalometron (Digenea: Apocreadiidae), parasites of cichlids (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3407, 2012, Pages 37-48

  De León, G Pérez Ponce ^a   Razo Mendivil, U ^b   García Magaña, Leticia ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cichlasoma beani; Cichlasoma urophthalmus; Digenea; Guatemala; Homalomentron mesoamericanum n. sp.; Homalometron; Homalometron octopapillatum n. sp.; Mexico; Molecular markers; New species; Vieja synspila

Indexed keywords

APOCREADIIDAE; AYTHYA AMERICANA; CICHLASOMA BEANI; CICHLASOMA UROPHTHALMUS; CICHLIDAE; HOMALOMETRON; HOMALOMETRON PALLIDUM; OSTEICHTHYES; VIEJA SYNSPILA; VITELLARIA;

EID: 84864614786     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3407.1.3     Document Type: Article

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