Margolisiella kabatai gen. et sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), a parasite of native littleneck clams, Protothaca staminea, from British Columbia, Canada, with a taxonomic revision of the coccidian parasites of bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-247

  Desser, Sherwin S ^a   Bower, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalve kidney; Eimeriorin parasite; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIIDA;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; BIVALVIA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIIDAE; HALIOTIS; INVERTEBRATA; MARGOLISIELLA; MARGOLISIELLA KABATAI; MOLLUSCA; PROTOTHACA STAMINEA; PSEUDOKLOSSIA;

EID: 0031429518     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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