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Ultrastructure of the male nephridium and its role in spermatophore formation in spionid polychaetes (Annelida)
| Title: | Ultrastructure of the male nephridium and its role in spermatophore formation in spionid polychaetes (Annelida). |
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| Name(s): |
Rice, Stanley A., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1980 | |
| Publisher: | Springer-Verlag | |
| Extent: | 15 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3176703 (digitool), FADT3176703 (IID), fau:5854 (fedora), 10.1007/BF00998121 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
The mature male nephridia of Polydora ligni and P. websteri (Polychaeta: Spionidae) are segmental organs composed of a ciliated nephrostome connected to a nephridial canal that crosses the intersegmental septum, expands into a large modified part extending dorsally through the coelom and subsequently narrows into a canal terminating in a dorsal nephridiopore. The nephridial canal is ciliated throughout and is composed of several cell types. Cells in the expanded region of the nephridia of both species contain large urn-shaped depressions filled with long microvilli. In P. ligni, one section of a nephridium contains cells packed with electron-dense granules that are not observed in P. websteri. This manuscript is an author version with the final publicationavailable at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Rice, S. A. (1980). Ultrastructure of themale nephridium and its role in spermatophore formation in spionid polychaetes (Annelida). Zoomorphologie, 95(3), 181-194. doi:10.1007/BF00998121 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #179. |
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| Subject(s): |
Polychaeta Polychaetes Annelida |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3176703 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00998121 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1980 Springer-Verlag | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
