Parasitic castration of Buccinanops cochlidium (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) caused by a lepocreadiid digenean in San José Gulf, Argentina

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-389

  Averbuj, A ^a   Cremonte, F ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUCCINANOPS COCHLIDIUM; CERCARIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; GONAD; HATCHING; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; JELLYFISH; LARVA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITIC CASTRATION; PENIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; TREMATODIASIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CASTRATION; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MALE; PENIS; SEASONS; SNAILS; TREMATODA;

COCHLIDIUM; GASTROPODA; LEPOCREADIIDAE; NASSARIIDAE; OPECHONA; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 79251648672     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X10000052     Document Type: Article

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