Cephalo-traumatic secretion transfer in a hermaphrodite sea slug

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1774, 2013, Pages

  Lange, Rolanda ^a,b   Werminghausen, Johanna ^a,c   Anthes, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hermaphrodite; Hypodermic impregnation; Opisthobranchia; Sexual selection; Stylet; Traumatic mating

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATING SUCCESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; SECRETION; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 84887539172     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2424     Document Type: Article

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