Sperm ultrastructure and spermatogenesis in the interstitial polychaete sphaerosyllis hermaphrodita (Syllidae: Exogoninae)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-200

  Kuper, Michael ^a   Westheide, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polychaeta; Sperm types; Spermatozoon; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030881673     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1997.9672624     Document Type: Article

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