Dasyatispora levantinae gen. et sp. nov., a new microsporidian parasite from the common stingray Dasyatis pastinaca in the eastern Mediterranean

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-150

  Diamant, Ariel ^a   Goren, Menachem ^b   Yokeş, M Baki ^c   Galil, Bella S ^d   Klopman, Yaelle ^b   Huchon, Dorothée ^b   Szitenberg, Amir ^b   Karhan, S Ünsal ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Faculty of Arts and Sciences   (Turkey)

^d ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dasyatis pastinaca; Dasyatispora levantinae gen. et sp. nov.; Eastern Mediterranean; Microsporidian; Pathology; Stingray; Subcutaneous swellings; Tumor like bulges

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIA; MYCOSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROSPORIDIA; MYCOSES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SKATES (FISH);

HATAY; ISKENDERUN BAY; TURKEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATOIDEA; DASYATIS PASTINACA; FUSINUS AMPHIURGUS; HETEROSPORIS; MICROSPORIDIA; OVIPLEISTOPHORA; PASTINACA SATIVA; PLEISTOPHORIDAE;

EID: 77957261347     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02256     Document Type: Article

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