Morphological and genetic analysis of three new species of Ceratomyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) from carcharhinid sharks off Australia

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-124

  Gleeson, Ricky ^a,b   Adlard, Robert ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL SPORE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; GALLBLADDER; GENETICS; MYXOZOA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; GALLBLADDER; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; SHARKS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS MELANOPTERUS; CERATOMYXA; CERATOMYXA SHASTA; CERATOMYXIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; NEGAPRION ACUTIDENS; PALLIATUS; SQUAMATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 80052424768     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-011-9316-9     Document Type: Article

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