Spermatophoric reaction reappraised: Novel insights into the functioning of the loliginid spermatophore based on Doryteuthis plei (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-278

  Marian, José Eduardo A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Loliginidae; Reproduction; Sperm transfer mechanisms; Spermatophore; Spermatophoric reaction; Squids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; COPULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; MOLLUSC; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOPODA; COPULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLLUSCA; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA;

CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; LOLIGINIDAE; LOLIGO; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84856467839     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.11020     Document Type: Article

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