Desseria zei sp. nov. (Adeleorina: Haemogregarinidae) infecting Zeus capensis from deep waters off the south and west coasts of South Africa

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1477-1480

  Smit, N J ^a   Davies, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; HEMOPARASITE; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; TELEOST;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AFRICA]; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADELEORINA; ZEUS CAPENSIS;

EID: 33947125426     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540601455X     Document Type: Article

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