A new genus and species of proteocephalidean (cestoda) from clarias catfishes (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in Africa

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 160-168

  De Chambrier, Alain ^a   Scholz, Tomáš ^a,b   Beletew, Moges ^a,c   Mariaux, Jean ^a  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 28S;

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FLATWORM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; RELATEDNESS; TELEOST; TYPE LOCALITY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BARSONELLA LAFONI; CATFISH; CESTODE; CLARIAS ANGUILLARIS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORALLOBOTHRIUM SOLIDUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARSYPOCEPHALINAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOCEPHALUS GLANDULIGERUS; RNA SEQUENCE; SILURIFORMES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CESTODIASIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZIMBABWE;

ETHIOPIA; SUDAN; TANZANIA; ZIMBABWE;

CESTODA; CLARIAS; CLARIAS ANGUILLARIS; CLARIAS BATRACHUS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CLARIIDAE; CORALLOBOTHRIINAE; CORALLOBOTHRIUM SOLIDUM; HETEROBRANCHUS; MALAPTERURIDAE; PIMELODIDAE; PROTEOCEPHALIDAE; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; PROTEOCEPHALINAE; PROTEOCEPHALUS; SILURIFORMES;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 63849131773     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1594.1     Document Type: Article

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