Goezia spinulosa (Nematoda: Raphidascarididae), a pathogenic parasite of the arapaima Arapaima gigas (Osteichthyes)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-63

  Santos, Clàudia Portes ^a   Moravec, František ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Aquaculture; Arapaima gigas; Brazil; Freshwater fish; Goezia spinulosa; Parasitic nematode

Indexed keywords

ARAPAIMA GIGAS; DIOCTOPHYMATIDAE; EUSTRONGYLIDES; GOEZIA; NEMATODA; OSTEICHTHYES; PHASMATODEA; PISCES; RAPHIDASCARIDIDAE;

EID: 64649093561     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2009.009     Document Type: Article

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