Temporal variations in the infection of a population of Clypeomorus bifasciata (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) by a digenean microphallid larva in Kuwait Bay

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Abdul Salam, J ^a   Sreelatha, B S ^a   Al Kandari, W ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CRAB; GASTROPOD; KUWAIT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL;

CLYPEOMORUS; CLYPEOMORUS BIFASCIATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LONGIDUCTOTREMA; MICROPHALLIDAE; MICROPHALLUS; PROSOBRANCHIA; XANTHO;

EID: 0030890441     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00000717     Document Type: Article

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