Aggregata bathytherma sp. nov. (Apicomplexa: Aggregatidae), a new coccidian parasite associated with a deep-sea hydrothermal vent octopus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-242

  Gestal, C ^a   Pascual, S ^a   Hochberg, F G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregata bathytherma; Coccidian parasite; Deep sea hydrothermal vent; Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CEPHALOPOD; DEEP SEA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PARASITE; PROTIST;

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCTOPUS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; OCTOPODIFORMES;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

AGGREGATA; AGGREGATIDAE; APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; OCTOPUS; VULCANOCTOPUS HYDROTHERMALIS;

EID: 77957343195     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02264     Document Type: Article

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