Development of the genital ducts and spermathecae in the Rhyacodrilines Rhyacodrilus coccineus and Monopylephorus rubroniveus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-156

  Gustavsson, Lena M ^a   Erséus, Christer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genital ducts; Morphogenesis; Oligochaeta; Rhyacodrilinae; Spermathecae; Tubificidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; OLIGOCHAETA; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MONOPYLEPHORUS RUBRONIVEUS; RHYACODRILUS COCCINEUS; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0344199955     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199911)242:2<141::AID-JMOR6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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