Amphibians and larvae of aquatic insects as new paratenic hosts of Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea), a swimbladder parasite of eels

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-222

  Moravec, F ^a   Skorikova B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anguillicola crassus; Aquatic insects; Bombina bombina; Coenagrion puella; Oligotrichia striati; Parasitic nematode; Paratenic host; Sialis lutaria; Sympetrum sanguineum; Triturus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PATHOGENESIS;

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ORGANISM; HOST; PARASITE;

AMPHIBIA; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; BOMBINA BOMBINA; COENAGRION PUELLA; DRACUNCULOIDEA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEGALOPTERA; NEMATODA; ODONATA; OLIGOTRICHIA; OLIGOTRICHIA STRIATI; PISCES; SALAMANDRIDAE; SIALIS LUTARIA; SYMPETRUM SANGUINEUM; TRICHOPTERA; TRITURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032583278     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao034217     Document Type: Article

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