Scolex glands associated with the rostella in three species of the dilepididae (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-193

  Stoitsova, Stoyanka R ^a   Georgiev, Boyko B ^b   Dacheva, Raina B ^c   Vinarova, Maria I ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SCOLEX; SYNCYTIUM;

EID: 0030666178     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1997.tb01005.x     Document Type: Article

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