Morphometric and molecular characterisation of four new Ceratomyxa species (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida: Ceratomyxidae) from fishes off Lizard island, Australia

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Gunter, Nicole L ^a,b,c   Burger, Mieke A A ^a,b   Adlard, Robert D ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ceratomyxa; Myxosporea; Myxozoa; New species; Phylogeny; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

ACANTHURIDAE; BIVALVULIDA; BOTHIDAE; BOTHUS PANTHERINUS; CERATOMYXA; CERATOMYXIDAE; CHAETODON VAGABUNDUS; CHAETODONTIDAE; HYPORHAMPHUS DUSSUMIERI; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PISCES; SPHYRAENA FORSTERI; SPHYRAENIDAE; SQUAMATA; ZEBRASOMA VELIFERUM;

EID: 77950631255     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2010.001     Document Type: Article

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