Morphological and molecular characterization of a new myxozoan species (myxosporea) infecting the gall bladder of raja clavata (chondrichthyes), from the Portuguese Atlantic Coast

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-317

  Rocha, S ^a   Casal, G ^a,b,c   Al Quraishy, S ^a,d   Azevedo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO E FORMAÇÃO AVANÇADA EM CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIAS DA SAÚDE   (Portugal)

^c Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research   (Portugal)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA;

HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGINOUS FISH; FISH DISEASE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; MYXOZOA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEASHORE; TROPISM;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GALLBLADDER; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEAWATER; SKATES (FISH); SPORES;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; PORTUGAL;

CHLOROMYXUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; RAJA CLAVATA; RAJIDAE;

EID: 84876744777     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3150.1     Document Type: Article

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