Ultrastructure of the sperm of catostylus mosaicus and phyllorhiza punctata (scyphozoa, cnidaria): Implications for sperm terminology and the inference of reproductive mechanisms

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-34

  Rouse, G W ^a   Pitt, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

External fertilization; Internal fertilization; Phylogeny; Primitive sperm

Indexed keywords

CATOSTYLUS MOSAICUS; PHYLLORHIZA PUNCTATA;

EID: 0033727955     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2000.9652433     Document Type: Article

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