Is the sperm type of the Nemertodermatida close to that of the ancestral Platyhelminthes?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 197-205

  Lundin, Kennet ^a   Hendelberg, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Meara; Nemertodermatida; Spermiogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MEARA; MEARA STICHOPI; METAZOA; NEMERTODERMATIDA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0032434543     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003439512957     Document Type: Article

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