Spermatozoa of the australian ‘greenlip’ abalone haliotis laevigata donovan: Ultrastructure and comparison with other gastropods, especially other haliotidae (vetigastropoda, molluscs)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 197-206

  Healy, J M ^a   Beames, K P ^b   Barclay, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Southern Eyre Marine Fann   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abalone; Gastropoda; Haliotis; Reproduction; Spermatozoa; Spermiogenesis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032441601     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1998.9652654     Document Type: Article

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