A standardised terminology of the embryonic envelopes and associated developmental stages of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-52

  Conn, David Bruce ^a   Świderski, Zdzisław ^b,c  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Coracidium; Embryogenesis; Embryonic envelope; Hexacanth; Oncosphere

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 41549162816     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2008.006     Document Type: Review

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