Type material of helminthes in the Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, (MUSM), Lima, Peru

Elizabeth Morales, Luz Sarmiento, Lidia Sánchez, Doris Floríndez, Gerardo Lamas

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Abstract

A list of 44 species of 511 type specimens (34 holotypes, 9 allotypes, 418 paratypes, and 50 syntypes) of helminthes (Trematoda, Monogenea, Cestoidea, Nematoda and Acanthocephala), parasitic in vertebrates and invertebrates from Peru, Chile and the United States of America, and preserved in the Helminthological Collections of the Museo de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Lima, Peru, is presented herein. Some nomenclatural comments are also included.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)463-472
Number of pages10
JournalRevista Peruana de Biologia
Volume12
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2005

Keywords

  • Acanthocephala
  • Cestoidea
  • Monogenea
  • Nematoda
  • Parasites
  • Peru
  • Trematoda
  • Type material

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