The functional morphology of mating in the Silurian eurypterid, Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus (Fischer, 1839)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-461

  Braddy, Simon J ^a,b   Dunlop, Jason A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Genital appendage; Genital operculum; Reproduction; Scimitar lobe; Sperm transfer; Spermatheca

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; CHELICERATA; EURYPTERIDA; LIMULUS;

EID: 0031286647     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01282.x     Document Type: Article

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