The sperm morphology of the euphausiid meganyctiphanes norvegica (Crustacea, Eucarida)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-68

  Medina, Antonio ^a   Vila, Yolanda ^a   Santos, Agustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Euphausiacea; Meganyctiphanes norvegica; Sperm phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031855265     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1998.9652354     Document Type: Article

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