Zschokkella egyptica n. sp. (Myxosporea: Bivalvulaida) infecting the gallbladder of the eel catfish Plotosus lineatus Thunberg, 1787 and the freckled goatfish Upeneus tragula Richardson, 1846 in the Red Sea, Egypt

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-628

  Ali, Mohammed ^a   Abdel Baki, Abdel Azeem Shaban ^b   Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATFISH; CHOLECYSTITIS; EGYPT; FISH; GOATFISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAN SPORE; PROTOZOON; ZSCHOKKELLA EGYPTICA;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; FISHES; GALLBLADDER; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROTOZOA; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

MULLIDAE; MYXOSPOREA; PARUPENEUS BARBERINUS; PLOTOSUS LIMBATUS; PLOTOSUS LINEATUS; UPENEUS TRAGULA; ZSCHOKKELLA;

EID: 33845796936     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0319-4     Document Type: Article

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