Phylogeny of Coccomyxa (Myxosporea: Myxidiidae) spp. with the description of a new species from Bathygobius cyclopterus (Gobiidae) in the northern Red Sea

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-116

  Diamant, Ariel ^a   Lipshitz, Asaf ^a   Ucko, Michal ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bathygobius cyclopterus; Bile ducts; Coccomyxa jirilomi; Myxosporea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYGOBIUS; BLENNIIDAE; CYCLOPTERUS; GOBIIDAE; ISTIBLENNIUS EDENTULUS; MYXIDIIDAE; MYXIDIUM; MYXOSPOREA; SALARIAS ZEBRA; ZSCHOKKELLA;

EID: 34547230078     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2007.016     Document Type: Article

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