Syndesmis echiniacuti sp. nov. (Turbellaria: Neorhabdocoela: Umagillidae), from the Mediterranean sea urchin Echinus acutus

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-102

  Kozloff, Eugene N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Neorhabdocoela; Syndesmis; Taxonomy; Turbellaria; Umagillidae

Indexed keywords

PARASITES; TAXONOMY;

FRANCE, LANGUEDOC - ROUSSILLON;

ECHINUS ACUTUS; NEORHABDOCOELA; SYNDESMIS ECHINIACUTI; TURBELLARIA; UMAGILLIDAE;

EID: 0031396249     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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