Occurrence, prevalence, and effects of the myxozoan Tetracapsula bryozoides parasitic in the freshwater bryozoan Cristatella mucedo (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 262-266

  Okamura, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryozoa; Myxozoa; pathogenicity; prevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOZOA; CRISTATELLA MUCEDO; MYXOZOA; PHYLACTOLAEMATA; TETRACAPSULA BRYOZOIDES;

EID: 0030513402     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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