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Notes on the morphology and life history of Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

C. A. Hopkins*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
J. D. Smyth
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
*
*Now at the Department of Zoology, The University, Glasgow, Scotland.

Extract

Schistocephalus solidus is a small avian pseudophyllidean cestode which, on account of its small size and the ease with which its plerocercoid may be cultured to maturity in vitro, has been used within recent years for the study of cestode physiology.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1951

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