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Anatomy of Polystoma integerrimum

Nature volume 180, page 866 (1957)Cite this article

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THE remarkable dimorphism of the monogenetic trematode Polystoma integerrimum has been the subject of a number of investigations, principally by Zeller1,2 and Gallien3. The descriptions of the neotenic (branchial) form given by these authors show several important discrepancies, and in view of this a re-examination of the species was undertaken.

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  1. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, W.C.1.

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WILLIAMS, J. Anatomy of Polystoma integerrimum. Nature 180, 866 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180866a0

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