Definition of Costia necatrix

1. Noun. A flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis.

Exact synonyms: Costia
Generic synonyms: Flagellate, Flagellate Protozoan, Flagellated Protozoan, Mastigophoran, Mastigophore
Group relationships: Genus Costia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Costia Necatrix

Cossacks
Costa Brava
Costa Daurada
Costa Mesa
Costa Rica
Costa Rican
Costa Rican colon
Costa Rican monetary unit
Costa Ricans
Costa del Sol
Costanoan
Costanoans
Costello
Costen
Costen's syndrome
Costia necatrix
Costner
Cotacachi
Cotard
Cotard's syndrome
Cotard delusion
Cote d'Azur
Cote d'Ivoire franc
Cotes de Provence
Cotingidae
Cotinus
Cotinus americanus
Cotinus coggygria
Cotinus obovatus
Cotoneaster dammeri

Literary usage of Costia necatrix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"costia necatrix, infesting the epithelial scales of fresh-water fish, often devastates hatcheries. The genus Trypanosoma, Gruby, contributes a number of ..."

2. Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte in der Lehre von den pathogenen by Paul von Baumgarten (1901)
"Hofer (l 790) schildert die durch costia necatrix hervorgerufene Hautkrankheit verschiedener Fische, welche sich makroskopisch in dem Auftreten ausgedehnter ..."

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