Reproductive products in the adult snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio). II. Multiple types of sperm cells and of spermatophores in the spermathecae of mated females

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 451-462

  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

CRAB; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERMATOPHORE;

CHIONOECETES OPILIO; DECAPODA;

EID: 0033306007     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-3-451     Document Type: Article

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