Occurrence of Perkinsus olseni (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) and other parasites in the venerid commercial clam Pitar rostrata from Uruguay, southwestern Atlantic coast

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-90

  Cremonte, Florencia ^a   Balseiro, Pablo ^b   Figueras, Antonio ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pathology; Perkinsus olseni; Pitar rostrata; Southwestern Atlantic coast; Venerid clam

Indexed keywords

CLAM CULTURE; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APICOMPLEXA; BIVALVIA; COCCIDIA; METAZOA; NEMATOPSIS; PERKINSUS OLSENI; PERKINSUS SP.; PITAR; PROTOZOA; RICKETTSIA; ROSTRATA; TREMATODA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 18444365646     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao064085     Document Type: Article

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