Two new species of parasitic nematodes from the dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor (Pisces) off the Maldive Islands

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-178

  Moravec, František ^a   Lorber, Julia ^a,b   Konečný, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; PERCIFORM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYMNOSARDA UNICOLOR; HEPTOCHONA MALDIVENSIS; HEPTOCHONA RIVDICA; HEPTOCHONA SCHMIDTII; HEPTOCHONA SINDICA; HEPTOCHONA STROMATEI; HEPTOCHONA VARMAI; INDIAN OCEAN; MALDIVES; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PHILOMETRA GYMNOSARDAE; RHABDOCHONA MARINA; TAXONOMY; TUNA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DRACUNCULUS; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALDIVES;

GYMNOSARDA UNICOLOR; NEMATODA; PERCIFORMES; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE); PHILOMETRIDAE; PISCES; RHABDOCHONA; SCOMBRIDAE;

ANIMALS; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREVALENCE; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; SPIRUROIDEA; TUNA;

EID: 34247269148     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-965R.1     Document Type: Article

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