Studies on cercariae from Kuwait Bay. VIII. Description and surface topography of Cercaria kuwaitae VIII sp. n. (Digenea: Opecoelidae)

Parasitology International

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-94

  Abdul Salam, J ^a   Sreelatha, B S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cercaria; Cercaria kuwaitae VIII sp. n.; Digenea; Kuwait Bay; Opecoelidae; Surface topography; Umbonium vestiarium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERCARIA; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032104431     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(98)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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