Ultrastructure of spermatozoa and spermiogenesis in the hydrozoan cordylophora caspia with comments on structure and evolution of the sperm in the cnidaria and the porifera

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-26

  FranzÉn, Åke ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Cordylophora; Porifera; Spermatozoa; Spermiogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029835549     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1996.9672491     Document Type: Article

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