Development of Myxobolus hungaricus (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) in oligochaete alternate hosts

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-232

  El Mansy, Amina ^a,b,c   Molnár, Kálmán ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Development in alternate host; Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri; Myxobolus hungaricus; Myxozoa; Triactinomyxon stage; Tubifex tubilex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031592288     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao031227     Document Type: Article

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