A new genus Gadimyxa with three new species (Myxozoa, Parvicapsulidae) parasitic in marine fish (Gadidae) and the two-host life cycle of Gadimyxa atlantica n. sp.

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1459-1467

  Køie, Marianne ^a   Karlsbakk, Egil ^a,b,c   Nylund, Are ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOID; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOSPORE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATLANTIC COD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GADIMYXA; GADIMYXA ATLANTICA; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; MYXOZOAN SPORE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUKARYOTA; FISH DISEASES; GADIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

ARCTOGADUS GLACIALIS; GADIDAE; GADUS MORHUA; INVERTEBRATA; MYXOZOA; ORTHOLINEA; PARVICAPSULA; PARVICAPSULIDAE; POLYCHAETA; SPIRORBIDAE; SPIRORBIS;

EID: 38849091440     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1256.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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