The life-cycle of three species of the Mesometridae (Digenea) with comments on the taxonomic status of this family

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-228

  Jousson, Olivier ^a,b   Bartoli, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARLEEIA RUBRA; CENTRODERMA SPINOSISSIMA; ELSTIA STOCCICHIANUM; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; RISSOA AURISCALPIUM; RISSOA SIMILIS; RISSOA VENTRICOSA; TAXONOMY; VERMETUS TRIQUETER; WARDULA CAPITELLATA;

ANIMALS; FISHES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLLUSCA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033231622     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006203806109     Document Type: Article

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