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Morphological, histochemical, and ultrastructural characterization of the salivary glands and proboscises of three species of glossiphoniid leeches (Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida).
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Morphological, histochemical, and ultrastructural characterization of the salivary glands and proboscises of three species of glossiphoniid leeches (Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7650743
The authors studied morphological and ultrastructural features of the salivary glands and proboscises of Placobdella ornata, Placobdella parasitica, and Desserobdella picta by light and electron microscopy.
Biology > Biota > Fauna > Annelida > Hirudinea
animals cytoplasm cytoplasmic granules endoplasmic reticulum histocytochemistry leeches microscopy electron microtubules salivary glands species specificity
Jan 1, 1995
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