Reproductive cycle of ophionereis reticulata (ophiuroidea, echinodermata) on the southeast coast of brazil

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-118

  Yokoyama, Leonardo querobim ^a,b   Lembo duarte, Luiz francisco ^b   Zacagnini amaral, Antonia cecília ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Oogenesis; Ophiuroid; Spawning; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERMATA; OPHIONEREIS RETICULATA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 56549113900     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2008.9652261     Document Type: Article

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