Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

Translingual

catfish with white-spot disease caused by Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

Proper noun

Ichthyophthirius multifiliis m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Ichthyophthiriidae – a ciliate chromist parasitic of freshwater fish, described by the French parasitologist Fouquet in 1876.

Hypernyms

• (species): Hymenostomatida - order; Ichthyophthiriidae - family; Ichthyophthirius - genus

See also

• white-spot disease

References

• Ichthyophthirius multifiliis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ichthyophthirius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ichthyophthirius multifiliis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ichthyophthirius multifiliis at World Register of Marine Species