Spermatozoal ultrastructure of spiny oysters (Spondylidae, Bivalvia) including a comparison with other bivalves

• Published in: Invertebrate Reproduction & Development
• Main Authors: Healy, John M., Buckland-Nicks, Juliana Oliveira, Jamieson, Barrie G. M.
• Other Authors: M. Balaban
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Balaban Publishers 2001
• Subjects: Reproductive Biology; Zoology; Bivalve; Reproduction; Sperm Ultrastructure; Pteriomorphia; Mollusca; Crassostrea-gigas Mollusca; Lamellibranch Mollusk; Aequipecten-irradians; Fine-structure; Spermatogenesis; Morphology; Classification; Gametogenesis; Teredinidae; 270501 Animal Systematics; Taxonomy and Phylogeny; 270504 Invertebrate Biology; C1; 780105 Biological sciences; Fossa; Triplets; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:59099

Sperm ultrastructure in three representative species of the marine bivalve family Spondylidae (spiny or thorny oysters) is examined and compared with available data on other bivalves, especially other families of the subclass Pteriomorphia. Spondylid spermatozoa are of the externally fertilizing aqu...