Sperm resorption in triclads (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Invertebrate Reproduction & Development
- Vol. 15 (2) , 89-95
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1989.9672028
Abstract
Triclads use the excess of spermatozoa received from the partner during copulation as an additional source of nutritive material. Digestion of sperm takes place in various sperm resorptive organs, such as the copulatory bursa, lateral bursae, spermiduct, resorptive vesicles, and oviducal tubae. Sperm resorptive organs may concern either newly evolved organs, or result from a change of function in an already existing structure.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Die Hofsteniiden (Turbellaria acoela) Grundsätzliches zur Evolution der TurbellarienJournal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 2009
- Phylogenetic relationships of the triclads (Platyhelminthes, Seriata, Tricladida)Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 1989
- The aquatic triclads of the Crozet Islands (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida)Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1988
- Bursa, bursa canal, and female antrum of Dugesia tigrina (Plathelminthes, Tricladida)Zoomorphology, 1984
- The fine structure of the planarianPolycelis tenuis IijimaProtoplasma, 1974
- Feeding, digestion and food storage in two species of temnocephalid flatworms (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela)Journal of Zoology, 1968