Microtriches of tetraphyllidean metacestodes from Western Mediterranean striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-189

  Agustí, Celia ^a   Aznar, Francisco Javier ^a   Raga, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Microtriches; Monorygma grimaldii; Phyllobothrium delphini; Plerocercoid; SEM; Tegument; Tetraphyllidea

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; DOLPHIN; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; DOLPHINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION;

CESTODA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; EUKARYOTA; MONORYGMA GRIMALDII; PHYLLOBOTHRIUM DELPHINI; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TETRAPHYLLIDEA;

EID: 24944482764     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10349     Document Type: Article

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