Swallowing of sea water and its role in egestion in the monogenean entobdella soleae, a skin parasite of the common sole (solea solea), with observations on other monogeneans and on a freshwater temnocephalan

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 637-646

  Kearn, G C ^a   Al Sehaibani, M A ^a,c   Whittington, I D ^b   Evans Gowing, R ^a   Cribb, B W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Benedenia; Craspedellasp; Egestion; Entobdella soleae; Monogenea; Myofibrils; Pharynx; Swallowing; Temnocephala

Indexed keywords

ENTOBDELLA SOLEAE; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 0029761670     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939600770351     Document Type: Article

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