Spermatophore and gonopore morphology of the southwestern-Atlantic hermit crab Pagurus exilis (Benedict, 1892) (Anomura, Paguridae)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-433

  Scelzo, Marcelo A ^a   Fantucci, Marina Z ^b   Mantelatto, Fernando L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decapoda; Reproductive morphology; Testes

Indexed keywords

ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PAGURIDAE; PAGURUS;

EID: 78049240910     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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