Mechanism of adhesion and detachment at the anterior end of Neoheterocotyle rhinobatidis and Troglocephalus rhinobatidis (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea: Monocotylidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-95

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEOHETEROCOTYLE RHINOBATIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROGLOCEPHALUS RHINOBATIDIS;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKATES (FISH); TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

MONOCOTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA; MONOPISTHOCOTYLEA; NEOHETEROCOTYLE; NEOHETEROCOTYLE RHINOBATIDIS; TROGLOCEPHALUS RHINOBATIDIS;

EID: 5644298473     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1171-z     Document Type: Article

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