Redescription of Metabronema magnum (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae), a swimbladder parasite of the carangid fish Gnathanodon speciosus off New Caledonia

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-300

  Moravec, František ^a   Justine, Jean Lou ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Gnathanodon; Marine fish; Metabronema; Morphology; New caledonia; Parasitic nematode

Indexed keywords

CARANGIDAE; CYSTIDICOLIDAE; GNATHANODON; GNATHANODON SPECIOSUS; METABRONEMA; NEMATODA; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; SALVELINEMA;

EID: 34249951862     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2007.038     Document Type: Article

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