Spermiogenesis and spermatozoon ultrastructure of the davaineid cestode Raillietina micracantha (Fuhrmann, 1909)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-221

  Miquel, Jordi ^a   Torres, Jordi ^a   Foronda, Pilar ^b   Feliu, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Cyclophyllidea; Davaineidae; Raillietina micracantha; Spermatozoon; Spermiogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM; FLATWORM; SPERMATOPHORE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CESTODA; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; DAVAINEIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; RAILLIETINA MICRACANTHA;

EID: 77954515721     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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