Digenean metacercariae (Timoniella spp., Labratrema minimus and Cryptocotyle concava) from the flounder, Platichthys flesus, in the tidal Thames

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-113

  El Darsh, H E M ^a   Whitfield, P J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; FLOUNDER; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032995569     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x99000165     Document Type: Article

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