Post-embryonic development of Camallanus cotti (Nematoda: Camallanidae), with emphasis on growth of some taxonomically important somatic characters

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-238

  Levsen, Arne ^a   Berland, Bjørn ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Camallanus cotti; Nematoda; Post embryonic development; Post maturational growth; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMALLANIDA; CAMALLANIDAE; CAMALLANUS; CAMALLANUS COTTI; COPEPODA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; MACROCYCLOPS; MACROCYCLOPS ALBIDUS; MACROPODUS OPERCULARIS; NEMATODA; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 0036393993     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2002.042     Document Type: Article

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