Spermatozoon ultrastructure of Aponurus laguncula (Digenea: Lecithasteridae), a parasite of Aluterus monoceros (Pisces: Teleostei)

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-28

  Quilichini, Y ^a   Foata, J ^a   Justine, J L ^b   Bray, R A ^c   Marchand, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aponurus laguncula; Digenea; Lecithasteridae; Spermatozoon; TEM; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALUTERUS MONOCEROS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APONURUS LAGUNCULA; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TELEOST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREMATODE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULES; MITOCHONDRIA; SPERMATOZOA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

ALUTERUS MONOCEROS; APONURUS LAGUNCULA; HEMIUROIDEA; LECITHASTERIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 76549121609     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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