Structure and function of the posterior vas deferens of the snow crab, chionoecetes opilio (brachyura, majidae)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-23

  Benhalima, Khadra ^a   Moriyasu, Mikio ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chionoecetes; Crustacean; Phagocytosis; Ultrastructure; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

CHIONOECETES OPILIO;

EID: 0033969553     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2000.9652396     Document Type: Article

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