Host-parasite relationship of Ceratomyxa puntazzi n. sp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) and sharpsnout seabream Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792) from the Mediterranean with first data on ceratomyxid host specificity in sparids

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 181-192

  Alama Bermejo, G ^a   Raga, J A ^a   Holzer, A S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ceratomyxa puntazzi; Diplodus puntazzo; Histopathology; Myxozoa; Sparus aurata and Diplodus annularis; SSU rDNA phylogeny; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CERATOMYXA PUNTAZZI; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; DIPLODUS PUNTAZZO; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISH; GALLBLADDER; HABITAT; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MYXOZOA; MYXOZOAN SPORE; NECROSIS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SPARUS AURATA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; SEA BREAM;

CERATOMYXA; CERATOMYXIDAE; DIPLODUS ANNULARIS; DIPLODUS PUNTAZZO; LABRIDAE; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; SERRANIDAE; SPARIDAE; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 80755189942     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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