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An ultrastructural study ofspermatogenesis in the nudibranch mollusk Spurilla neapolitana

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Date Issued:
1981
Title: An ultrastructural study ofspermatogenesis in the nudibranch mollusk Spurilla neapolitana.
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Name(s): Eckelbarger, Kevin J.
Eyster, Linda S.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Date Issued: 1981
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 18 p.
Language(s): English
Identifier: FA00007085 (IID), 10.1002/jmor.1051700303 (doi)
Note(s): The ultrastructural features of spermatogenesis were investigated in the nudibranch mollusc Spurilla neapolitana. Sperm develop in the proximal half of numerous sac-like acini which are radially arranged within about ten ovotestis lobes. Accessory cells line the inner wall of the testicular portion of each acinus and are connected to developing sperm by numerous desmosomes. Stages of spermatid development have been divided into precup, cup, postcup, and elongate stages depending on the general shape of the nucleus.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 233
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Eckelbarger, K. J., & Eyster, L. S. (1981). An ultrastructural study of spermatogenesis in the nudibranch mollusk Spurilla neapolitana. Journal of Morphology, 170 (3), 283-299. doi: 10.1002/jmor.1051700303
Subject(s): Ultrastructure (Biology)
Spermatogenesis
Nudibranchia
Mollusca
Mollusks
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1051700303
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007085
Host Institution: FAU