Spermiogenesis and eyes with lenses in two kalyptorhynch flatworm species, Toia calceformis and Nannorhynchides herdlaensis (Eukalyptorhynchia, Platyhelminthes)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-19

  Watson, Nikki A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Spermatozoa; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

EUKALYPTORHYNCHIA; KALYPTORHYNCHIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHIZORHYNCHIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0032221644     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226847     Document Type: Article

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