Mating and the inferred function of the genital system of the nudibranch, Aeolidiella glauca (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Aeolidioidea)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-298

  Haase, Martin ^a   Karlsson, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

External sperm transfer; Hermaphrodite; Histolysis; Reciprocity; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034347085     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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