Development of Myxobolus dispar (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) in an oligochaete alternate host, Tubifex tubifex

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-21

  Molnár, Kálmán ^a   El Mansy, Amina ^b,c   Székely, Csaba ^a   Baska, Ferenc ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Development; Myxobolus dispar; Myxozoa; Raabeia stages; Tubifex tubifex

Indexed keywords

MYXOBOLUS DISPAR; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 0032945933     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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