The life cycle of Myxobolus lentisuturalis (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae), from goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus), involves a Raabeia-type actinospore

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-12

  Caffara, Monica ^a   Raimondi, Elena ^a   Florio, Daniela ^a   Marcer, Federica ^b   Quaglio, Francesco ^b   Fioravanti, Maria Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinospore; Branchiura sowerbyi; Carassius auratus auratus; Italy; Life cycle; Myxobolus lentisuturalis; Myxosporea; Raabeia type

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYXIDA; ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRANCHIURA SOWERBYI; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CARASSIUS AURATUS AURATUS; MYXOBOLIDAE; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; MYXOBOLUS LENTISUTURALIS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; RAABEIA;

EID: 64649083349     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2009.002     Document Type: Article

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