Gonad-infecting philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) including four new species from marine fishes off the eastern coast of India

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-122

  Moravec, František ^a   Manoharan, Jayaraman ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Dracunculoidea; Fish parasites; Hosts; Marine fishes; Parasitic nematode; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881204418     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2013.012     Document Type: Article

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