An observation of the turbellarian Paravortex sp. in the New Zealand scallop Pecten novaezelandiae (Bivalvia: Pectinidae)

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 551-553

  Woods, C M C ^a   Hayden, B J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flatworm; Paravortexsp; Pecten novaezelandiae; scallop

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOLLUSC;

BIVALVIA; PARAVORTEX; PECTEN NOVAEZELANDIAE; PECTINIDAE; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0032439890     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516844     Document Type: Article

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