Mechanism of adhesion and detachment at the anterior end of Merizocotyle icopae (Monogenea : Monocotylidae) including ultrastructure of the anterior adhesive matrix

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-190

  Cribb, B W ^a   Armstrong, W D ^a   Whittington, I D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesive gels; Adult; Electron microscopy; Oncomiracidia; Parasite; Tegument; Tissue adhesion

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOST; HOST RANGE; LARVA; LARVAL STAGE; MERIZOCOTYLE ICOPAE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY CELL; SPHEROID CELL; TREMATODE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WORM;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; QUEENSLAND; SKATES (FISH); TREMATODA;

INVERTEBRATA; MERIZOCOTYLE; MERIZOCOTYLE ICOPAE; MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA; TREMATODA;

EID: 4344694433     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005530     Document Type: Article

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