Ultrastructure of euspermatozoa and paraspermatozoa in the marine gastropod Adelomelon beckii (Caenogastropoda, Volutidae)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-148

  Arrighetti, Florencia ^a,b   Giménez, Juliana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Giant snail; Mollusca; Parasperm; Reproduction; Sperm ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GASTROPOD; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADELOMELON; CAENOGASTROPODA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; VOLUTIDAE;

EID: 77950357381     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0184-5     Document Type: Article

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