Philometra mirabilis sp. n. (Nematoda: Philometridae), a new gonad-infecting parasite from the freshwater fish Cichla mirianae (Cichlidae) in Brazilian Amazon

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1929-1932

  Moravec, František ^a   Diggles, Ben ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b DigsFish Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amazon River basin; Brazil; Cichlid fish; Dracunculoidea; Ovary; Parasitic nematode

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OVARY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RIVER; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HUMANS; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OVARY; RIVERS;

EID: 84939973541     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4381-7     Document Type: Article

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