Morphological and ultrastructural redescription of Chloromyxum leydigi Mingazzini, 1890 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea), type species of the genus, infecting the gall bladder of the marine cartilaginous fish Torpedo marmorata Risso (Chondrichthyes: Torpedinidae), from the Portuguese Atlantic coast

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Rocha, Sónia ^a,b   Casal, Graça ^a,c   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^d   Azevedo, Carlos ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c High Institute of Health Sciences North   (Portugal)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bile; Coelozoic parasite; Sporogonic development; SSU rRNA; Stingray

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; MYXOZOA; PARASITOLOGY; TORPEDO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; TORPEDO;

EID: 84895105014     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2014.006     Document Type: Article

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