Spermatozoal ultrastructure in the Hippoidea (Anomura, Decapoda)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Tudge, C C ^a   Scheltinga, D M ^b   Jamieson, B G M ^b  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albunea; Albuneidae; Crustacea; Emerita; Hippa; Hippidae; Spermatozoa; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008885459     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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