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Taxonomy of North American fish Eimeriidae

Upton, Steve J. and Reduker, David W. and Current, William L. and Duszynski, Donald W. (1984) Taxonomy of North American fish Eimeriidae. NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, (NOAA Technical Report NMFS, 11)

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    Abstract

    Taxonomic descriptions, line drawings, and references are given for the 30 named and 5 unnamed species of North American fish Eimeriidae. In addition, a key was developed based on available morphologic data to distinguish between similar species. Taxa are divided into two genera: Eimeria (27 species) which are tetr&sporocystic with dizoic, nonbivalved sporocysts, and Goussia (3 species) which are tetrasporocystic with dizoic, bivalved sporocysts that lack Stleda bodies and have sporocyst walls composed of two longitudinal valves. (PDF file contains 24 pages.)

    Item Type: Monograph or Serial issue
    Title: Taxonomy of North American fish Eimeriidae
    Personal Creator/Author:
    CreatorsEmail
    Upton, Steve J.
    Reduker, David W.
    Current, William L.
    Duszynski, Donald W.
    Series Name: NOAA Technical Report NMFS
    Number: 11
    Date: 1984
    Publisher: NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service
    Issuing Agency: United States National Marine Fisheries Service
    Subjects: Ecology
    Fisheries
    Biology
    Item ID: 2811
    Depositing User: Patti M. Marraro
    Date Deposited: 13 Nov 2009 14:07
    Last Modified: 29 Sep 2011 20:22
    URI: http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/2811

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