Two species of Rhabdochona (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) from the cyprinid fish Luciobarbus kersin (Heckel) in northern Iraq, including R. (Globochona) kurdistanensis sp. n.

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-147

  Moravec, František ^a   Bilal, Samir J ^b   Abdullah, Shamall M A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; Iraq; Luciobarbus; Parasitic nematode; Rhabdochona

Indexed keywords

BARBUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; NEMATODA; RHABDOCHONA; RHABDOCHONA RAILLIET;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRINIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; IRAQ; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SPIRURID INFECTION; SPIRUROIDEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; IRAQ; MALE; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; SPIRUROIDEA;

EID: 84864836128     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2012.019     Document Type: Article

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