Sperm ultrastructure of the giant clam Tridacna maxima (Tridacnidae: Bivalvia: Mollusca) from the Great Barrier Reef

Marine Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Keys, J L ^a   Healy, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0032694049     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050599     Document Type: Article

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