A comparison of the anterior adhesive system in the oncomiracidium and adult of the monogenean parasite Merizocotyle icopae (Monocotylidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-229

  Whittington, I D ^a,b   Armstrong, W D ^c   Chisholm, L A ^b   Cribb, B W ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRON; HEAD; LARVA; LIMB; MERIZOCOTYLE ICOPAE; NONHUMAN; ONCOMIRACIDIUM; ORGAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; WORM;

MERIZOCOTYLE; MERIZOCOTYLE ICOPAE; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA;

EID: 3142768492     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1086-8     Document Type: Article

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