| glands associated with the anterior adhesive areas of the monogeneans, entobdella sp. and entobdella australis (capsalidae) from the skin of himantura fai and taeniura lymma (dasyatididae). | using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, investigations were carried out on the anterior adhesive areas of entobdella sp. from the skin of himantura fai and entobdella australis from the skin of taeniura lymma at heron island, australia. all studies were of parasites detached from either host tissue or a substrate. both species of monogeneans have two characteristic anteroventral adhesive pads, one on either side of the head, subdivided to a "diadem". two types of gland cells are ass ... | 1998 | 9602390 |