Morphology of the digestive system in the wood-feeding termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Shiraki) [Isoptera: Termitidae]

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 869-877

  Tokuda, Gaku ^a,b   Nakamura, Tomoko ^a   Murakami, Ryutaro ^a   Yamaoka, Ikuo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; SPIROCHAETALES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0035538482     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.869     Document Type: Article

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