Comparative study of the tegumental surface of several species of Gorgoderina looss, 1902 (Digenea: Gorgoderidae), as revealed by scanning electron microscopy

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-34

  Mata López, Rosario ^a   León Règagnon, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Digenea; Gorgoderidae; Gorgoderina attenuata; Gorgoderina bilobata; Gorgoderina diaster; Gorgoderina megacetabularis; Gorgoderina megalorchis; Gorgoderina parvicava; Mexico; Scanning electron microscopy; United States

Indexed keywords

DIGENEA (FLUKES); GORGODERIDAE; GORGODERINA; GORGODERINA ATTENUATA; GORGODERINA PARVICAVA; TREMATODA;

EID: 33745103120     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4186.1     Document Type: Article

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