Gyrodactylus catesbeianae Wootton, Ryan, Demaree, & Critchfield, 1993

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publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15468/um2vzb

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/006D2C05-3878-AE07-FF63-6B55FB71FEF0

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Felipe

scientific name

Gyrodactylus catesbeianae Wootton, Ryan, Demaree, & Critchfield, 1993
status

 

Gyrodactylus catesbeianae Wootton, Ryan, Demaree, & Critchfield, 1993 View in CoL

Site of infection: skin of tadpoles. Recruitment: contact.

Distribution: USA: California ( Wootton et al. 1993).

Specimens in collections: HWML: 39479. USNPC: 75997 (holotype), 75998 (paratype) .

Remarks: In accordance with Wooten et al. (1993), large infestations with this gyrodactylid species resulted in abnormal growth, deformation of the tail and eventual death of the tadpoles.

HWML

Howard W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology

USNPC

United States National Parasite Collection

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