Phylogenetic distance of Thelohania butleri Johnston, Vernick, and Sprague, 1978 (Microsporidia; Thelohaniidae), a parasite of the smooth pink shrimp Pandalus jordani, from its congeners suggests need for major revision of the genus Thelohania Henneguy, 1892

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 445-455

  Brown, Amanda M V ^a   Adamson, Martin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cotton shrimp disease; Crustacean parasitic microsporidian; Decapoda; Polyphyly; rDNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

CRUSTACEAN; FUNGUS; HABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROSPORIDA; PANDALIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; THELOHANIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPORIDIA; PANDALIDAE; PHYLOGENY; THELOHANIA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MICROSPORIDIA; PANDALUS JORDANI; THELOHANIA; THELOHANIIDAE;

EID: 33751352422     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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