The life cycle of a horsehair worm, gordius robustus (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-141

  Hanelt, Ben ^a   Janovy Jr , John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PARASITISM;

ARTICLE; CYST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE WALL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MIDGUT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALS; HELMINTHS; TENEBRIO;

EID: 0033045674     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285720     Document Type: Article

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