Description of two new species of Parvicapsula Shulman, 1953 (Myxosporea: Parvicapsulidae) parasitic in the urinary bladder of marine fishes, Paralichthys olivaceus and Kareius bicoloratus, from the coast of the Yellow Sea, China

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-162

  Zhao, Yuanjun ^a,b   Ma, Chenglun ^b   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chongqing Normal School Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Kareius bicoloratus; Marine fishes; Myxozoa; Paralichthys olivaceus; Parvicapsula anisocaudata sp. n.; Parvicapsula kareii sp. n.; Parvicapsulidae; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ESTUARY; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; IDENTIFICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SIZE; SPORE;

KAREIUS BICOLORATUS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PARVICAPSULA; PARVICAPSULA ANISOCAUDATA; PARVICAPSULA KAREII;

EID: 0034086423     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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