Trichodina mystusi, a new species of trichodinid ciliophoran from Indian estuarine fish, Mystus gulio (Hamilton)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-177

  Asmat, Ghazi S M ^b   Haldar, Durga P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Estuarine fish; India; Mystus gulio; Parasite of fish; Trichodina mystusi sp. n.; Trichodinid

Indexed keywords

INDIA; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MYSTUS GULIO; TRICHODINA MYSTUSI;

EID: 0031719517     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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