Meagre Argyrosomus regius (Osteichthyes) as host of a gonad-infecting species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) off the Atlantic coast of Portugal

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-86

  Moravec, František ^a   Prista, Nuno ^b   Costa, Maria José ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Argyrosomus regius; Fish gonad; Marine fish; North Atlantic Ocean; Parasitic nematode; Philometra; Portugal

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; TELEOST;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARGYROSOMUS REGIUS; NEMATODA; OSTEICHTHYES; PERCIFORMES; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE); PHILOMETRA LATEOLABRACIS; PHILOMETRIDAE; PISCES; SCIAENIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PORTUGAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GONADS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PERCIFORMES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 39749179057     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01860     Document Type: Article

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