Observations on the production of purple pigments in the egg capsules, hypobranchial and reproductive glands from seven species of muricidae (gastropoda: Mollusca)

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 93-102

  Benkendorff, K ^a   Westley, C B ^a   Gallardo, C S ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Capsule gland; Hypobranchial gland; Indoles; Muricid; Natural dyes; Prostate gland

Indexed keywords

DICATHAIS ORBITA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; MURICIDAE; PTERYNOTUS; RAPANINAE; TYRIA;

EID: 20044385275     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2004.9652612     Document Type: Article

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