DIGENEAN METACERCARIA (TREMATODA, DIGENEA, LEPOCREADIIDAE) PARASITIZING “COELENTERATES” (CNIDARIA, SCYPHOZOA AND CTENOPHORA) FROM SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Morandini, André Carrara ^a   Martorelli, Sergio Roberto ^b   Marques, Antonio Carlos ^a   da Silveira, Fábio Lang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Metacercaria; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350410347     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: 1982436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592005000100004     Document Type: Article

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