The ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Octopus ocellatus Gray, 1849 (Cephalopoda: Octopoda)

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 199-205

  Yang, Jianmin ^a   Wang, Weijun ^a   Zheng, Xiaodong ^b   Zhou, Quanli ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Sun, Guohua ^a   Liu, Xiangquan ^a  

^a Shandong Marine Fisheries Research Institute   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

acrosomal complex; nucleus; sperm length; structure

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; LACUNA; OCTOPODA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 79955563384     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-010-9995-y     Document Type: Article

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