The reproductive biology of Amathys lutzi, an ampharetid polychaete from hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-264

  Blake, Elizabeth A ^a   Van Dover, Cindy Lee ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamete development; Oogenesis; Sperm ultrastructure; Spermiogenesis; Terebellomorph

Indexed keywords

AMPHARETIDAE; AMPHISAMYTHA GALAPAGENSIS; POLYCHAETA; TEREBELLOMORPHA;

EID: 27144517486     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2005.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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