Digestion of spermatophore contents in the female genital system of the hermaphroditic flatworm dugesia gonocephala (tricladida, paludicola)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 286-293

  Vreys, Carla ^a   Steffanie, Natascha ^a   Gevaerts, Hugo ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Copulatory bursa; Resorptive vesicle; Sperm receptacle

Indexed keywords

DUGESIA GONOCEPHALA S. STR.; PALUDICOLA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA; VITELLARIA;

EID: 0031285187     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226860     Document Type: Article

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