Myxidium biliare sp. n. (Myxozoa) from gall bladder of Galaxias maculatus (Osmeriformes: Galaxiidae) in Patagonia (Argentina)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 190-194

  Viozzi, Gustavo P ^a   Flores, Verónica R ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Fish; Galaxias maculatus; Myxidium biliare; Myxosporea; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALAXIAS; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GALAXIIDAE; MYXIDIUM; MYXIDIUM BILIARE; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; OSMERIFORMES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0141459137     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2003.034     Document Type: Article

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