Microscopical Evaluation of Neural Connectivity Between Paired Stages of Eudiplozzon nipponicum (Monogenea:Diplozoidae)

• Authors: ZURAWSKI Tomáš; GELNAR Milan; MAULE Aaron; HALTON David
• Year of publication: 2003
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: The Journal of Parasitology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: Eudiplozzon nipponicum
• Description: Diplozoidae monogeneans are fish-gill extoparasites comprising 2 individuals fused in so-called permanent copula. This uniwue situation occurs when 2 larvae (diporpae) make contact on the host gill, such that their union triggers maturation into an individual adult worm.

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