Histological survey of symbionts and other conditions of pod razor clam Ensis siliqua (Linnaeus, 1758) in Galicia (NW Spain)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-82

  Ruiz, Maite ^a   Darriba, Susana ^b   Rodríguez, Rosana ^a   López, Carmen ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓNS MARIÑAS   (Spain)

^b INTECMAR Technological Institute for the Monitoring of the Marine Environment in Galicia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ensis siliqua; Metazoa; Neoplasm; Prokaryotes; Protozoa; Viral inclusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; PARASITOLOGY; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; BUCEPHALIDAE; CILIOPHORA; COCCIDIA; ENSIS SILIQUA; GREGARINIA; METAZOA; NEMATOPSIS; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; SOLENIDAE; TREMATODA; TRICHODINA;

EID: 84871419246     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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