Proacrosome and acrosome of the spermatozoon in acanthobdella peledina (annelida: Clitellata)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-230

  Westheide, Wilfred ^a   Purschke, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthobdella; Acrosome; Branchiobdellidae; Clitellata; Hirudinea; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030456704     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1996.9672516     Document Type: Article

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