Spermiogenesis and modified sperm morphology in the "seepworm" Methanoaricia dendrobranchiata (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) from a methane seep environment in the Gulf of Mexico: Implications for fertilization biology

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 134-143

  Eckelbarger, Kevin J ^a   Young, Craig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPERM;

BATHYMODIOLUS; BATHYMODIOLUS CHILDRESSI; DENDROBRANCHIATA; NEXUS; ORBINIIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036774242     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543382     Document Type: Article

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