Myxozoa in high Arctic: Survey on the central part of Svalbard archipelago

•Morphological and molecular characterisation for nine myxosporeans is provided.•Comparison of myxosporean diversity from the Arctic with other regions is performed.•The taxon sampling of the marine urinary clade is markedly increased.•Evolutionary trends within the marine urinary clade are discusse...

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Published in:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Main Authors: Kodádková, Alena, Dyková, Iva, Tyml, Tomáš, Ditrich, Oleg, Fiala, Ivan
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4047956
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24918076
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.02.001
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Summary:•Morphological and molecular characterisation for nine myxosporeans is provided.•Comparison of myxosporean diversity from the Arctic with other regions is performed.•The taxon sampling of the marine urinary clade is markedly increased.•Evolutionary trends within the marine urinary clade are discussed.