Gyrodactylus magadiensis n. sp. (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) parasitising the gills of Alcolapia grahami (Perciformes, Cichlidae), a fish inhabiting the extreme environment of Lake Magadi, Kenya

A new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 is described from the gills of Alcolapia grahami, a tilapian fish endemic to Lake Magadi. This alkaline soda lake in the Rift Valley in Kenya is an extreme environment with pH as high as 11, temperatures up to 42 °C, and diurnal fluctuation between hy...

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Autores principales: Dos Santos, Quinton Marco, Maina, John Ndegwa, Avenant-Oldewage, Annemariè
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6924288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31859621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019077

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6924288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31859621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019077

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