An ultrastructural study of Zschokkella leptatherinae (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) from atherinid fish, Leptatherina presbyteroides

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-48

  Su, Xiao Qun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Plasmodia; Sporogenesis; Transmission electron microscopy; Zschokkella leptatherinae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030059031     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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