Spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure in Thylacorhynchus ambronensis (Schizorhynchia, Kalyptorhynchia, Platyhelminthes)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 263-272

  Watson, Nikki A ^a   Schockaert, Ernest R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

KALYPTORHYNCHIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHIZORHYNCHIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030490945     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227016     Document Type: Article

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