A New Species of Henneguya, a Gill Parasite of Astyanax altiparanae (Pisces: Characidae) from Brazil, with Comments on Histopathology and Seasonality

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 761-765

  Barassa, Bianca ^a   Cordeiro, Nelson S ^a   Arana, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astyanax altiparanae; Brazil; Henneguya chydadea sp. n.; Histopathology; Myxozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAPILLARY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HENNEGUYA CHYDADEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER;

ANIMALIA; ASTYANAX; ASTYANAX ALTIPARANAE; CHARACIDAE; HENNEGUYA; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 0347622953     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000600009     Document Type: Article

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