Philometra sawara sp. n. and a redescription of Philometra sciaenae Yamaguti, 1941 and Philometra nemipteri Luo, 2001 (Nematoda: Philometridae): A morphological and molecular approach

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-290

  Quiazon, Karl Marx A ^a,b   Yoshinaga, Tomoyoshi ^a   Ogawa, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

ITS2 rDNA; Japan; Molecular study; Nematoda; Philometra nemipteri; Philometra sawara; Philometra sciaenae; Philometridae

Indexed keywords

CHAMAECYPARIS PISIFERA; NEMATODA; NEMIPTERUS VIRGATUS; PENNAHIA ARGENTATA; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE); PHILOMETRA SCIAENAE; PHILOMETRIDAE; PHILOMETROIDES; PISCES; SCOMBEROMORUS NIPHONIUS;

HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GONADS; JAPAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 60749124435     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2008.036     Document Type: Article

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