OBSERVATIONS ON MYXOSPORIDIA (MYXOZOA) OF THE GENUS MYXOBOLUS PARASITES OF MUGIL CEPHALUS (PISCES, TELEOSTEI) FROM SENEGAL

Authors
FALL M KPATCHA KP DIEBAKATE C FAYE N TOGUEBAYE BS
Citation
M. Fall et al., OBSERVATIONS ON MYXOSPORIDIA (MYXOZOA) OF THE GENUS MYXOBOLUS PARASITES OF MUGIL CEPHALUS (PISCES, TELEOSTEI) FROM SENEGAL, Parasite, 4(2), 1997, pp. 173-180
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasite → ACNP
ISSN journal
1252607X
Volume
4
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
173 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
1252-607X(1997)4:2<173:OOM(OT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Five myxosporidia of the genus Myxobolus were described from Mugil cep halus of Senegal : M. mulleri Butschli, 1882; M. exiguus Thelohan, 189 5, M. hannensis sp. n., M. goreensis sp.n. and M. raibauti sp. n. Thes e myxosporidia infected the gill, the liver and the intestine. The ult rastructural features of M. hannensis comply in general with features known in this genus.