Four new myxozoans (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from intertidal fishes along the south coast of Africa

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-292

  Reed, Cecilé C ^a,b   Basson, Linda ^a   Van As, Liesl L ^a   Dyková, Iva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ceratomyxa cottoidii; Ceratomyxa dehoopi; Ceratomyxa honckenii; Henneguya clini; Marine fishes; Myxozoa; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMBLYRHYNCHOTES HONCKENII; BIVALVULIDA; CERATOMYXA; CLINUS SUPERCILIOSUS; HENNEGUYA; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 37849027954     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2007.037     Document Type: Article

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