Amphipod intermediate host of Polymorphus minutus (Acanthocephala), parasite of water birds, with notes on ultrastructure of host-parasite interface

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-122

  Dezfuli, Bahram Sayyaf ^a   Giari, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalan; Freshwater birds; Host parasite interface; Intermediate host

Indexed keywords

ECHINOGAMMARUS STAMMERI; POLYMORPHUS MINUTUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033061826     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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