Tissue damage and haematophagia due to praniza larvae (Isopoda: Gnathiidae) in some aquarium seawater teleosts

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-47

  Marino, F ^a   Giannetto, S ^a   Paradiso, M L ^a   Bottari, T ^b   De Vico, G ^a   Macri B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gnathia vorax; Gnathiidae; Haematophagia; Histopathology; Isopoda; Teleost

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PARASITE CONTROL; TELEOST;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

GNATHIA; GNATHIA VORAX; GNATHIIDAE; ISOPODA; PRANIZA; TELEOSTEI;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GILL; INFESTATION; ISOPODA; ITALY; LARVA; MICROCLIMATE; MORPHOMETRICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GILLS; ISOPODA; ITALY; LARVA; SEAWATER;

EID: 3242781839     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao059043     Document Type: Article

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