Worms, Platyhelminthes

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 437-469

  Caira, Janine N ^a   Littlewood, D Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Digenea; Digestion; Evolution; Excretion; Flatworms; Free living; Monogenea; Neodermata; Parasitic; Protonephridia; Reproduction; Turbellarians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889644995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00166-0     Document Type: Chapter

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