Spermatogenesis and Spermatozoa in Stygocapitella subterranea (Annelida, Parergodrilidae), an Enigmatic Supralittoral Polychaete

Zoomorphology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-148

  Purschke, Günter ^a   Fursman, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Introsperm; Parergodrilidae; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa; Stygocapitella

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; CLITELLATA; HRABEIELLA PERIGLANDULATA; ORBINIIDAE; PARERGODRILIDAE; PARERGODRILUS HEIDERI; POLYCHAETA; QUESTIDAE; STYGOCAPITELLA; STYGOCAPITELLA SUBTERRANEA;

EID: 24644513333     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-005-0001-x     Document Type: Article

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