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Henneguya tegidiensis sp.nov. (Myxosporidia), from the freshwater fish Coregonus clupeoides pennantii (the Gwyniad)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

W. L. Nicholas
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The University of Liverpool
J. W. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The University of Liverpool

Extract

A description is given of a new species of Henneguya (Myxosporidia), named H. tegidiensis sp.nov. It is parasitic in the freshwater fish, Coregonus clupeoides pennantii, from Lake Bala (North Wales), producing in it intramuscular cysts.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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