Re-establishment of the family Coccomyxidae and description of five novel species of Auerbachia and Coccomyxa (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) parasites from Australian fishes

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-515

  Heiniger, Holly ^a,b   Gunter, Nicole L ^a,b,c   Adlard, Robert D ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auerbachia; Bivalvulida; Coccomyxa; Coccomyxidae; gall bladder; Myxosporea; parasite; phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; AUERBACHIA CARANXI; AUERBACHIA CHAETODONI; AUERBACHIA SCOMBEROIDI; AUSTRALIA; COCCOMYXA COLURODONTIDIS; COCCOMYXA GOBIODONI; DNA SEQUENCE; GALLBLADDER; HOST; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GALLBLADDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

BIVALVULIDA; MYXIDIIDAE; MYXOSPOREA; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79957437560     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010001447     Document Type: Article

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