Science Inventory

CALYPTOSPORA FUNDULI (APICOMPLEXA, CALYPTOSPORIDAE IN THE LIVER OF THE GULF TOADFISH, OPSANUS BETA

Citation:

Oliveira, M., W. Hawkins, J. Fournie, AND R. Overstreet. CALYPTOSPORA FUNDULI (APICOMPLEXA, CALYPTOSPORIDAE IN THE LIVER OF THE GULF TOADFISH, OPSANUS BETA. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-94/275 (NTIS PB94191012), 1993.

Description:

Authors report the occurrence of what appears to be C. funduli nfecting the liver of a single specimen of gulf toadfish, opsanus eta, from a total of 54 toadfish livers examined histologically. oadfish were captured by trawling from aters of the Mississippi ound near ocean Springs, Mississippi. hey were collected from wo principal sites: on the mainland in Davis Bayou and near Horn sland. pecimens were brought alive to the laboratory for xamination of external lesions.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:12/31/1993
Record Last Revised:12/22/2005
Record ID: 50583