Ultrastructure of spermatozoa in four species of Alvinellidae (Annelida: Polychaeta)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 391-394

  Jouin Toulmond, Claude ^a   Mozzo, Masina ^a   Hourdez, Stéphane ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHAETE; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALVINELLIDAE; ANNELIDA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0036907664     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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