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Deep-water parasite diversity in Lake Tanganyika: description of two new monogenean species from benthopelagic cichlid fishes

BACKGROUND: Lake Tanganyika is the world’s second deepest lake. Its diverse cichlid assemblage offers a unique opportunity for studying a deep-water host-parasite model in freshwater. Low host specificity and a broad host range including representatives of the Bathybatini tribe in the only monogenea...

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Autores principales: Kmentová, Nikol, Gelnar, Milan, Koblmüller, Stephan, Vanhove, Maarten P. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4972994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27488497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1696-x