The freshwater planarian Dugesia sicula Lepori, 1948 (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) in Tunisia: Ecology, karyology, and morphology

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 517, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 161-170

  Charni, Mohamed ^a   Harrath, Abdel Halim ^a   Sluys, Ronald ^b   Tekaya, Saida ^a   Zghal, Fathia ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distribution; Dugesia sicula; Ecology; Karyology, sexualization; Reproduction, reproductive strategies; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DAMS; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS;

GENUS; WATER BASINS;

ECOLOGY;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLATWORM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NEW RECORD; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; DUGESIA SICULA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 4043063828     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027344.07747.f7     Document Type: Article

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