First description of myxozoans from Syria: Novel records of hexactinomyxon, triactinomyxon and endocapsa actinospore types

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-137

  Székely, Csaba ^a   Hallett, Sascha L ^b   Al Samman, Ahmad ^c   Dayoub, Amal ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AL BAATH UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d TISHREEN UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Endocapsa; Euphrates River; Hexactinomyxon; Myxozoa; Orontes River; Psammoryctides albicola; Syria; Triactinomyxon

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; RIVER SYSTEM; SPORE;

ASIA; EUPHRATES RIVER; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; ORONTES RIVER; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ANNELIDA; ENDOCAPSA; HEXACTINOMYXON; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PSAMMORYCTIDES; TRIACTINOMYXON;

EID: 33947358562     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao074127     Document Type: Article

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