Internal anatomy and ultrastructure of the male reproductive system of the spider crab Maja brachydactyla (Decapoda: Brachyura)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 345-361

  Simeo C G ^a   Ribes, E ^b   Rotllant, G ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Maja brachydactyla; Morphology; Reproductive system; Spermatophore; Spider crab; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CELL GRANULE; CRAB; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EJACULATORY DUCT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; EXOCYTOSIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAS DEFERENS;

BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; MAJA BRACHYDACTYLA; MAJIDAE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; EJACULATORY DUCTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 70049117761     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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