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NEW MYXOSPORIDIA FROM SOME BRITISH FRESHWATER FISHES *
Author(s) -
QADRI SYED SHAMSUDDIN
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01832.x
Subject(s) - cyprinus , fishery , gall , carp , carassius auratus , biology , geography , ecology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii>
An account is given of the morphology systematic position and differential diagnosis of the following three new Myxosporidia from freshwater fishes:— Myxidium scardini sp. n. found in the gall bladder of the rudd, Scardinius erythrocephalus , obtained from Lake Windermere, Westmorland, England, Zschokkella cyprini sp. n. of carp, Cyprinus carpio , caught from a gravel pit near Shenley, Hertfordshire and Chloromyxum pltoxini , sp. n. caught in Lake Windermere.