On the ecology and host relationships of Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tilapiae (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) from cichlids in Lake Malawi

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-282

  Amin, Omar M ^a   Van Oosterhout, C ^b   Blais, J ^c   Robinson, R L ^b   Cable, J ^d  

^a Institute of Parasitic Diseases Tempe   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tilapiae; Cichlids; Host and seasonal relationships; Lake Malawi; Mbuna; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACANTHOGYRUS TILAPIAE; ACANTHOSENTIS TILAPIAE; CICHLIDAE; LABEOTROPHEUS TREWAVASAE; MELANOCHROMIS VERMIVORUS; METRIACLIMA ZEBRA; MICROSTOMA; NIMBOCHROMIS POLYSTIGMA; PERCIFORMES; QUADRIGYRIDAE; RHAMPHOCHROMIS SP.;

EID: 51949118525     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4321.1     Document Type: Article

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