Four lines of spermatid development and dimorphic spermatozoa in the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina (Echinodermata, Echinoida)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-168

  Au, Doris Wai Ting ^a   Reunov, Arkadiy Anatolievich ^a   Wu, Rudolf Shiu Sun ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCIDARIS CRASSISPINA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0032350319     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050065     Document Type: Article

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