Sperm morphology in the black coral Cirrhipathes sp. (Anthozoa, Antipatharia)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-258

  Gaino, Elda ^a   Bo, Marzia ^b   Boyer, Massimo ^b   Scoccia, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male polyps; Sperm ultrastructure; Spermatocysts

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; CIRRHIPATHES;

EID: 50049119119     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2008.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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