Maturity of the procercoid of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Eucestoda: Spathebothriidae) in Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda) and the tapeworms life cycle using the amphipod as the sole host

Helminthologia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-157

  Okaka, C E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cyathocephalus truncatus; Gammarus pulex; Life cycle; Neoteny; Tapeworm procercoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347616608     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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