Categorization of hemocytes of three gastropod species Trachea vittata (Muller), Pila globosa (Swainson) and Indoplanorbis exustus (Dehays)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-26

  Mahilini, H M ^a   Rajendran, Albert ^a  

^a St John's College   (India)

Author keywords

Agranulocytes; Granulocytes; Hemocytes; Indoplanorbis exustus; Nucleo cytoplasmic ratio; Pila globosa; Trachea vittata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GASTROPOD; IMMUNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; GASTROPODA; HEMOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SNAILS;

GASTROPODA; INDOPLANORBIS EXUSTUS; PILA GLOBOSA;

EID: 36849030250     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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