Structural changes of the female genitalia during a reproductive cycle in the isopod crustacean, armadillidium vulgare

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-15

  Suzuki, Sachiko ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copulatory opening; Female genitalium; Isopoda; Oopore; Reproductive; Spermathecal duct; System

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLIDIUM; ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA;

EID: 0035702659     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2001.9652493     Document Type: Article

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