Self-sustaining infrapopulation or colony? Redial clonal groups of Himasthla elongata (Mehlis, 1831) (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Littorina littorea (Linnaeus) (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) do not support the concept of eusocial colonies in trematodes.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Folia Parasitologica

• Publication date

  2015-12-18

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.14411/fp.2015.067PMID 26725283
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