The heterophyid trematode Ascocotyle (A.) leighi Burton, 196, from the hearts of certain poeciliid and cyprinodont fishes (original) (raw)

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1. From the Department of Zoology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
   Franklin Sogandares-Bernal & Richard Dick Lumsden
2. the Department of Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas
   Franklin Sogandares-Bernal & Richard Dick Lumsden

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1. Franklin Sogandares-Bernal
2. Richard Dick Lumsden

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Supported in part by a research grant (G-13000) from the National Science Foundation, and a training grant (2E-106) from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service.

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Sogandares-Bernal, F., Lumsden, R.D. The heterophyid trematode Ascocotyle (A.) leighi Burton, 196, from the hearts of certain poeciliid and cyprinodont fishes.Z. F. Parasitenkunde 24, 3–12 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00260418

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• Received: 29 August 1963
• Issue date: January 1964
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00260418

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