Ibn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences (Apr 2018)

First Record of Trichodina magna Van As and Basson, 1989 (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) from Gills of Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) in Iraq

  • Kefah Naser Abdul-Ameer,
  • Fatima Khalaf Atwan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.30526/2017.IHSCICONF.1771
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2017, no. IHSCICONF

Abstract

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The Ciliophoran Trichodina magna Van As and Basson, 1989 is recorded for the first time in in Iraq from gills of the blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) Iraq from Al-Graiat location on the Tigris River at Baghdad city. The description and measurements of this external parasite as well as its illustrations are given.

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