Development of Myxobolus portucalensis Saraiva and Molnar, 1990 (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) in the oligochaete Tubifex tubifex (Muller)

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-103

  El Mansy, A ^a,b   Molnar K ^a   Szekely Cs ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOSPORE; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; DEVELOPMENT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSCOPY; PANSPOROCYST;

LIMNODRILUS HOFFMEISTERI; MYXOBOLUS PORTUCALENSIS; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 0031774186     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006034527844     Document Type: Article

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