Vitellocyte ultrastructure in the cestode Didymobothrium rudolphii (Monticelli, 1890): Possible evidence for the recognition of divergent taxa within the Spathebothriidea

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-263

  Poddubnaya, Larisa G ^a   Gibson, David I ^b   Świderski, Zdzisław ^c,d   Olson, Peter D ^b  

^a PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Didymobothrium rudolphii; Spathebothriidea; Ultrastructure; Vitellocytes

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; CYATHOCEPHALUS; SPATHEBOTHRIIDEA;

EID: 33846319764     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-006-0039-z     Document Type: Article

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