Occurrence of Perkinsus species (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) from Manila clam Tapes philippinarum in Japan

Fish Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 127-131

  Maeno, Yukio ^a   Yoshinaga, Tomoyoshi ^a   Nakajima, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Manila clam; Perkinsus; Tapes philippinarum

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; BIVALVIA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PROTOZOA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM;

EID: 0033449132     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.34.127     Document Type: Article

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