Three new species of Myxosporea (Bivalvulida: Ceratomyxidae: Alatasporidae) from the gall bladders of anglerfishes Lophius spp. (Teleostei: Lophiidae) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1466, 2007, Pages 35-46

  Afonso Dias, Isabel ^a   Kalavati, Chaganti ^b   Mackenzie, Ken ^c   Mackenzie, Kevin S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alataspora; Ceratomyxa; Pseudalataspora

Indexed keywords

ALATASPORA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVULIDA; CERATOMYXA; CERATOMYXIDAE; LOPHIIDAE; LOPHIIFORMES; LOPHIUS; LOPHIUS BUDEGASSA; LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS; MYXOSPOREA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 34248574625     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1466.1.4     Document Type: Article

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