Ultrastructure of the surface structures and secretory glands of the rosette attachment organ of Gyrocotyle urna (Cestoda: Gyrocotylidea)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-218

  Poddubnaya, Larisa G ^a   Scholz, Tomáš ^b   Kuchta, Roman ^b   Levron, Céline ^b   Gibson, David I ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesive secretion; Cestoda; Gyrocotyle urna; Gyrocotylidea; Rosette organ; Secretory glands; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; EUCESTODA; GYROCOTYLE; GYROCOTYLE URNA; GYROCOTYLIDEA; MONOGENEA; VERMES;

EID: 54549097209     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2008.028     Document Type: Article

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