Egg clutch, sperm reservoirs and fecundity of Neorossia caroli (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) from the southern Sardinian sea (western Mediterranean)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 971-976

  Cuccu, D ^a   Mereu, M ^a   Cannas, R ^a   Follesa, M C ^a   Cau, A ^a   Jereb, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTION; SPERM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CEPHALOPODA; NEOROSSIA CAROLI; SEPIOLIDAE;

EID: 34547500727     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407057244     Document Type: Article

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