Light and electron microscopic observations on Kudoa boopsi sp. n. (Myxosporea: Kudoidae), a gill parasite of Boops boops (Pisces: Teleostei: Sparidae) from coasts of Senegal (West Africa)

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 317-321

  Kpatcha, Takouda Kossi ^a   Diebakate, Cheikhna ^a   Faye, Ngor ^a   Toguebaye, Bhen Sikina ^a  

^a Institute of Earth Sciences University Ch A Diop   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Boops boops; Kudoa boopsi sp. n; Myxosporea; Senegal; Sparid fish; Ultrastructure; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CELL VOLUME; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; PARASITOLOGY; SENEGAL; SPORE; SPOROGENESIS; WEST AFRICA;

BOOPS BOOPS; KUDOA BOOPSI;

EID: 0032787023     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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