Comments on the mechanism of attachment in species of the monogenean genus Gyrodactylus

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Shinn, Andrew P ^a   Bron, James E ^a   Sommerville, Christina ^a   Gibson, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hooks; Monogenea; Opisthaptor; Parasite

Indexed keywords

GYRODACTYLUS; MONOGENEA; VERMES;

EID: 0037688321     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2003.tb00067.x     Document Type: Article

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