Distribution of the turbellarian Urastoma cyprinae on the gills of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 175-179

  Brun, Nicole T ^a   Boghen, Andrew D ^a   Allard, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Eastern oyster; Gills; Oyster mucus; Turbellaria; Urastoma cyprinae

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; TURBELLARIA; URASTOMA CYPRINAE;

EID: 0032783759     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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