Morphology of the spermatheca, oviduct, intermediate chamber, and vagina of the adult snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1589-1604

  Sainte Marie, Guy ^a   Sainte Marie, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; OPILIO;

EID: 0032448059     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-106     Document Type: Article

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