A new species of Philometra Costa, 1845 (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the freshwater fish (red piranha) Pygocentrus nattereri Kner (Characidae) in Amazonia, Brazil

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Cárdenas, Melissa Q ^a   Moravec, František ^b   Fernandes, Berenice M M ^a   Morais, Aprigio Mota ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHARACIFORMES; CLASSIFICATION; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FEMALE; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHARACIFORMES; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

CHARACIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; NEMATODA; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE); PHILOMETRIDAE; PISCES; PYGOCENTRUS NATTEREI; PYGOCENTRUS NATTERERI;

EID: 84866452574     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-012-9377-4     Document Type: Article

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