Horseshoe Crabs

Invertebrate Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 133-142

  Smith, Stephen A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolymph; Horseshoe; Hypoproteinemic; Nematodes; Paramoebidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845788840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344606.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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