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A scanning electron microscope study of the male copulatory sclerite of the monogenean Diplectanum aequans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

C. Maillard
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Parasitologie Comparée, E.R.A. 915, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Pl. E. Bataillon, 34060 Montpellier Cedex, France.
J. Gonzalez
Affiliation:
Institut de Biologie animale, Palais de Rumine, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.
D. Noisy
Affiliation:
Institut de Biologie animale, Palais de Rumine, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Summary

The cirrus of a monogenean Diplectanum aequans was isolated by treatment with sodium carbonate solution and studied with a scanning electron microscope. The method may be used in studies of the functional morphology and taxonomy of other organisms.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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