Three new species of Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 from different food fishes of West Bengal, India

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-251

  Basu, Saugata ^a,b   Haldar, Durga P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b Uttarpara Govt High School   (India)

Author keywords

Bivalvulida; India; Myxobolus calcariferum sp. n.; Myxobolus chinsurahensis sp. n.; Myxobolus mrigalhitae sp. n.; Myxozoa

Indexed keywords

ANABAS TESTUDINEUS; BIVALVULIDA; CIRRHINUS; CIRRHINUS MRIGALA; LABEO; LABEO ROHITA; LATES; LATES CALCARIFER; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 0041350583     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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