Species of Myxobolus (Myxozoa) from the bulbus arteriosus of centrarchid fishes in North America, with a description of two new species

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-374

  Cone, David K ^a   Overstreet, Robin M ^a,b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FISH; MYXOBOLUS JOLLIMOREI; MYXOBOLUS MANUELI; MYXOBOLUS PARALINTONI; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HEART; NORTH AMERICA; PERCIFORMES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPORES;

BULBUS; CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS JOLLIMOREI; MYXOBOLUS MANUELI; MYXOBOLUS PARALINTONI; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PISCES; POMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031967074     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284499     Document Type: Article

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