Spermatozoa and sperm aggregates in the vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia luymesi compared with those of Riftia pachyptila (Polychaeta: Siboglinidae: Vestimentifera)

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-226

  Marotta, Roberto ^a   Melone, Giulio ^a   Bright, Monika ^b   Ferraguti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIOLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIOLES; FLAGELLA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANNELIDA; LAMELLIBRACHIA LUYMESI; POLYCHAETA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA; SIBOGLINIDAE; VESTIMENTIFERA;

EID: 30344481071     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3593111     Document Type: Article

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