Morphometric variability between and within species of Ligophorus Euzet & Suriano, 1977 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-190

  Mariniello, Loredana ^a   Ortis, Marina ^a   D'Amelio, Stefano ^a   Petrarca, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GILL; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARASITOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; GILLS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SMEGMAMORPHA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA;

ANCYROCEPHALIDAE; ANIMALIA; CHELON; CHELON LABROSUS; INVERTEBRATA; LIGOPHORUS; LIGOPHORUS MUGILINUS; MONOGENEA; MUGIL; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGILIDAE; SMEGMAMORPHA; TREMATODA;

EID: 1842577547     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SYPA.0000019080.43784.06     Document Type: Article

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