Nutritional and respiratory pathways to parasitism exemplified in the Turbellaria

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 679-691

  Jennings, J B ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commensalism; Digestion; Fecundity; Feeding; Glycogen; Haemoglobin; Neodermata; Para sitism; Platyhelminthes; Respiration; Symbiosis; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CESTODE; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITISM; PLATYHELMINTH; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ASPIDOGASTREA; ASTEROIDEA; CESTODA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; FECAMPIIDAE; GRAFFILLIDAE; HOLOTHUROIDEA; MOLLUSCA; MONOGENEA; MYZOSTOMIDA; NEODERMATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTOZOA; PTERASTERICOLIDAE; RHABDOCOELA; TEMNOCEPHALIDA; TESTUDINES; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA; UMAGILLIDAE;

EID: 0030877465     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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