Ultrastructure of the male reproductive organs in the interstitial annelid Sphaerosyllis hermaphrodite ("Polychaeta", Syllidae)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-22

  Kuper, Michael ^a   Westheide, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; EUKARYOTA; POLYCHAETA; SPHAEROSYLLIS; SYLLIDAE;

EID: 0031520991     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050025     Document Type: Article

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