Anterior adhesive areas and adjacent secretions in the parasitic flatworms Decacotyle lymmae and D. tetrakordyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the gills of stingrays

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-77

  Cribb, Bronwen W ^a   Whittington, Ian D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Biological glue; Fish parasites; Platyhelminthes; Tissue adhesion

Indexed keywords

DASYATIDAE; DECACOTYLE LYMMAE; DECACOTYLE TETRAKORDYLE; EUKARYOTA; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA; PASTINACHUS SEPHEN; PLATYHELMINTHES; TAENIURA LYMMA;

EID: 1642417695     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2004.tb00142.x     Document Type: Article

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