Tissue reaction of tagelus plebeius (bivalvia: Psammobiidae) against larval digeneans in mixohaline habitats connected to the south-western Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-577

  Ituarte, Cristián ^a   Cremonte, Florencia ^b   Scarano, Agostina ^c  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bivalve hosts; Host reaction; Larval gymnophallids; Tissue response

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DEFINITIVE HOST; FLATWORM; LARVA; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RESORPTION; SALINITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

AVES; BIVALVIA; GYMNOPHALLIDAE; PSAMMOBIIDAE; SOLENIDAE; TAGELUS PLEBEIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68449090971     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001793     Document Type: Article

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