First record of ostracods as natural intermediate hosts of Anguillicola crassus, a pathogenic swimbladder parasite of eels Anguilla spp.

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-173

  Moravec, František ^a   Nagasawa, Kazuya ^b   Miyakawa, Munenori ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Aichi Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Anguillicola crassus; Intermediate host; Japan; Japanese eel; Ostracoda; Parasitic nematode; Physocypria nipponica

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE HOST; NEW RECORD; OSTRACOD; PARASITE;

AICHI; ASIA; CHUBU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; WORLD;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLICOLIDAE; CANDONIDAE; COPEPODA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; PHYSOCYPRIA;

EID: 26244432744     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao066171     Document Type: Article

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