Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Cryptocaryon irritans (phylum Ciliophora)

Fish Diseases and Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 116-153

  Dickerson, Harry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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