Histological studies on hermaphroditism, gametogenesis and cyclic changes in the structures of marsupial gills of the introduced asiatic clam, corbicula fluminea, and the Korean clam, corbicula leana.
From: Journal of Shellfish Research
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Date: 4/1/2004
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Author: Chung, EE-Yung; Park, Gab-Man
ABSTRACT The marsh clams, Corbicula fluminea and Corbicula leana, are functional hermaphrodites. They usually appear to be surrounded by numerous spermatozoa in the hermaphroditic follicles. In both species, the follicular ganglia (consisting of the neuronal fiber and neuronal soma-like cells at its periphery) are associated with neurosecretion and the differentiation of complex innervated nerve structures during spermatogenesis and are widely distributed in the follicles in the ripe ...
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