One new myxosporidian species, Myxobolus slendrii sp. nov., and one known species, M. punjabensis Gupta and Khera, 1989, infecting freshwater fishes in wetlands of Punjab, India

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1043-1047

  Kaur, Harpreet ^a   Singh, Ranjeet ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CIRRHINA MRIGALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH DISEASE; FRESHWATER FISH; GILL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INDIA; MORPHOLOGY; MUCOSA; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS PUNJABENSIS; MYXOBOLUS SLENDRII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETLAND; WHIRLING DISEASE;

CIRRHINUS MRIGALA; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 77953287381     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1746-9     Document Type: Article

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