First description of monogenean parasites in Lake Tanganyika: the cichlid Simochromis diagramma (Tel...
First description of monogenean parasites in Lake Tanganyika: the cichlid Simochromis diagramma (Teleostei, Cichlidae) harbours a high diversity of Gyrodactylus species (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea)
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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Lake Tanganyika harbours the most diverse endemic cichlid fish assemblage of Africa, but its monogenean fish parasites have not been investigated. Here we report, for the first time, on the Gyrodactylus parasites in this hotspot of fish biodiversity. Haptor morphometrics and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences revealed 3 new species on Zambian Simochro...
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First description of monogenean parasites in Lake Tanganyika: the cichlid Simochromis diagramma (Teleostei, Cichlidae) harbours a high diversity of Gyrodactylus species (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea)
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_860389592
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_860389592
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0031-1820
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1469-8161
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10.1017/S0031182010001356
