Host specificity among Unionicola spp. (Acari: Unionicolidae) parasitizing freshwater mussels

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 977-983

  Edwards, Dale D ^a   Vidrine, Malcolm F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University Eunice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; MUSSEL CULTURE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ACARI; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CLADISTICS; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; EGG LAYING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; MITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; TAXONOMY; UNIONICOLA;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FRESH WATER; GILLS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MITES; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACARI; HYDRACARINA; UNIONICOLIDAE; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 33845258060     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3565.1     Document Type: Article

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