Ultrastructure of the scolex, rhyncheal system and bothridial pits of Otobothrium mugilis (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-38

  Jones, Malcolm K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Otobothrium; Phylogeny; Rhyncheal system; Scolex; Trypanorhyncha; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034093807     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2000.006     Document Type: Article

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