Multivalvulid myxozoans from Eastern Australia: Three new species of Kudoa from scombrid and labrid fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1138-1142

  Adlard, Robert D ^c   Bryant, Malcolm S ^a   Whipps, Christopher M ^b   Kent, Michael L ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FISH; GRAMMATORCYNUS BICARINATUS; HEXACAPSULA NEOTHUNNI; KUDOA; KUDOA GRAMMATORCYNI; KUDOA SCOMBEROMORI; KUDOA THALASSOMI; NEOTHUNNUS MACROPTERUS; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; SCOMBEROMORUS COMMERSON; THALASSOMA LUNARE; TUNA;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; PERCIFORMES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; QUEENSLAND; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

GRAMMATORCYNUS BICARINATUS; HEXACAPSULA; KUDOA; LABRIDAE; MULTIVALVULIDA; MYXOZOA; PISCES; PROTOZOA; SCOMBEROMORUS; SCOMBEROMORUS COMMERSON; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THALASSOMA LUNARE; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 28444469187     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-368R.1     Document Type: Article

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