Gyrodactylus pisculentus sp. n. (Monogenoidea: Gyrodactylidae) associated with mortality of the northern pipefish, Syngnathus fuscus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-269

  Williams, Sea Rogers ^a,c   Kritsky, Delane C ^b   Dunnigan, Bridget ^a   Lash, Rebecca ^a   Klein, Peter ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Marine Life Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Gyrodactylidae; Gyrodactylus pisculentus; Monogenoidea; Syngnathus fuscus; Woods Hole Science Aquarium

Indexed keywords

GYRODACTYLIDAE; GYRODACTYLUS; GYRODACTYLUS SYNGNATHI; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHOIDEI; SYNGNATHUS FUSCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYLOGENY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 60749113385     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2008.034     Document Type: Article

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