Social organization in a flatworm: Trematode parasites form soldier and reproductive castes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1706, 2011, Pages 656-665

  Hechinger, Ryan F ^a   Wood, Alan C ^a   Kuris, Armand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerithidea californica; Colony; Defence; Eusociality; Sociality

Indexed keywords

CASTE; CONSPECIFIC; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLATWORM; MORPHOLOGY; RODENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPECIALIZATION;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CERITHIDEA CALIFORNICA; PLATYHELMINTHES; RATTUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 79951804777     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1753     Document Type: Article

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