Actinosporeans (Myxozoa) from marine oligochaetes of the Great Barrier Reef

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Hallett, Sascha L ^a   Erséus, Christer ^b   Lester, Robert J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOMYXIDA; BATHYDRILUS; ENDOCAPSA; ENDOCAPSA ROSULATA; ENDOCAPSA STEPHENI; HERONIDRILUS; HETERODRILUS KEENANI; HETERODRILUS QUEENSLANDICUS; LIMNODRILOIDES LATEROPORUS; MYXOZOA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SPHAERACTINOMYXIDAE; SPHAERACTINOMYXON ERSEI; SPHAERACTINOMYXON LEPTOCAPSULA; SQUAMATA; THALASSODRILIDES GURWITSCHI; THALASSODRILIDIS GURWITSCHI; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0345493898     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006105503243     Document Type: Article

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