Ultrastructure of the mature spermatozoon of the king crab Lithodes maja (Lithodidae, anomura, decapoda): Further confirmation of a lithodid-pagurid relationship

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-66

  Tudge, Christopher C ^a,d   Jamieson, Barrie G M ^b,d   Sandberg, Lennart ^c,d   Erséus, Christer ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hermit crabs; Phylogeny; Spermatophore; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; CHACEON AFFINIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LITHODES MAJA; LITHODIDAE; MAJA; PAGURID; PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS; PARAPAGURIDAE;

EID: 0032221648     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226852     Document Type: Article

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