Transmission of Thelohanellus hovorkai Achmerov, 1960 (Myxosporea: Myxozoa) to common carp Cyprinus carpio through the alternate oligochaete host

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-84

  Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINUS CARPIO; THELOHANELLUS HOVORKAI;

EID: 0030940840     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005752913780     Document Type: Article

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