Morphology of the male reproductive system and spermatophore formation in the freshwater 'red claw' crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (Von Martens, 1898) (Decapoda, Parastacidae)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-229

  López Greco, Laura S ^a   Vazquez, Fernanda ^a   Rodríguez, Enrique M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOPHORE;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 34250346535     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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