Light and ultrastructural data on Henneguya testicularis n. sp. (Myxozoa, myxobolidae), a parasite from the testis of the Amazonian fish Moenkhausia oligolepis

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-114

  Azevedo, Carlos ^a   Corral, Laura ^a   Matos, Edilson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Faculty of Agricultural Sciences   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HENNEGUYA TESTICULARIS; MOENKHAUSIA OLIGOLEPIS;

EID: 0030822742     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005793930837     Document Type: Article

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