Morphological and Functional Characterization of Hemocytes in the Giant Clam Tridacna crocea

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Nakayama, Koji ^a   Nomoto, Ann M ^a   Nishijima, Miyuki ^a   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Agranular cell; Granulocyte; Hemocyte; Morula cell; Phagocytosis; Serous cell; Tridacna crocea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001170516     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.4626     Document Type: Article

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