Relationships between four novel ceratomyxid parasites from the gall bladders of labrid fishes from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia

Parasitology International

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-165

  Heiniger, Holly ^a,b   Gunter, Nicole L ^a,b   Adlard, Robert D ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ceratomyxa; Ceratomyxidae; Labridae; Myxosporea; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CERATOMYXA CHEILINAE; CERATOMYXA CHOERODONAE; CERATOMYXA OXYCHEILINAE; CERATOMYXA OXYCHEILINAE THALASSOMAE; CHEILINUS CHLOROURUS; CHOERODON CYANODUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GALLBLADDER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MYXOZOAN SPORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYCHEILINUS DIAGRAMMA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; THALASSOMA LUNARE;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; GALLBLADDER; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; QUEENSLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

CERATOMYXA; CERATOMYXIDAE; CHEILINUS CHLOROURUS; CHOERODON CYANODUS; LABRIDAE; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; OXYCHEILINUS DIGRAMMA; PISCES; THALASSOMA LUNARE;

EID: 40849137604     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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