Tissue loss in corals infested by acoelomorph flatworms (Waminoa sp.)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 869-

  Hoeksema, B W ^a   Farenzena, Z T ^a,b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FLATWORM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ACOELOMORPHA; ANTHOZOA; PLATYHELMINTHES; WAMINOA;

EID: 84865634044     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0919-7     Document Type: Article

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