Surface ultrastructure of Stictodora tridactyla (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from Kuwait Bay

Parasitology International

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Abdul Salam, J ^a   Sreelatha, B S ^a   Ashkanani, H ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Adult; Aphanius dispar; Digenea; Heterophyidae; Kuwait Bay; Metacercaria; Stictodora tridactyla; Surface topography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HEAD; HOST; KUWAIT; METACERCARIA; MORPHOLOGY; NECK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STICTODORA TRIDACTYLA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREMATODE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HETEROPHYIDAE; KUWAIT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

APHANIUS DISPAR; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; HETEROPHYIDAE; STICTODORA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034599137     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(00)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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