Identification of Myxobolus episquamalis (Myxozoa, Myxobolidae) in flathead mullet Mugil cephalus (Pisces, Teleostei, Mugilidae) from the coast of Senegal (eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean)

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Diamanka, Arfang ^a   Fall, Malick ^a   Dlebakate, Cheikhna ^a   Faye, Ngor ^a   Toguebaye, Bhen Sikina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Cutaneous infection; Mugil cephalus; Myxobolus episquamalis; Myxosporidia; Senegal

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CYST; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; PERCIFORM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGILIDAE; MYXOBOLIDAE; MYXOBOLUS EPISQUAMALIS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 52249122862     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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