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New host-parasite relationships for Trichodina rectuncinata (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) on the gills of marine fishes from Mexico

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To Gerardo Rivas, Carlos Candelaria Silva and Gerardo Pérez Ponce de León for assistance in laboratory or field, to Berenit Mendoza Garfias for the SEM photographs. Carlos Mendoza Palmero provided essential literature. A. G. Islas-Ortega is supported by a scholarship from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), Mexico.

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Aguilar-Aguilar, R., Islas-Ortega, A.G., Lagunas-Calvo, O. et al. New host-parasite relationships for Trichodina rectuncinata (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) on the gills of marine fishes from Mexico. Mar Biodiv 46, 3–4 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0317-9

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