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Gyrodactylus medaka n. sp. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) parasitic on wild and laboratory-reared medaka Oryzias latipes (Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) in Japan.
Parasitology international - 1 Oct 2018
Nitta Masato, Nagasawa Kazuya
Abstract excerpt
Gyrodactylus medaka n. sp. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) is described from the skin, fins, and gills of medaka Oryzias latipes (Beloniformes: Adrianichthyidae) from Japan. This new species was collected from wild medaka in Hiroshima, Aichi, Saga, and Kumamoto prefectures, and laboratory-reared medaka in Chiba and Aichi prefectures. The small marginal hook sickle (≤4 μm) and the length of the marginal hook of the...
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