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| Ortíz-Ordoñez,Esperanza; Mendoza-Santana,Elizabeth L; Belmar-Pérez,Jorge; Padilla-Benavides,Teresita del Niño Jesús. |
| Some of the gastropods of the Baja California peninsula are of commercial value, but the majority are not. Among the less commercially valuable species are members of the genus Tegula, which are ecologically important because of their abundance and the trophic level they occupy. Mature specimens of T. eiseni, T. funebralis, T. aureotincta, T. gallina, and T. regina were collected from two rocky reefs close to Bahía Tortugas, B.C.S. and were processed using a paraffin-embedding technique. All of these species are dioecious, without external sexual dimorphism; in adults, the female gonads are green moss colored while male gonads are cream colored. The gonadal tissue is limited externally by a single ciliated cylindrical epithelium with plentiful granular... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Gonadic histology; Baja California; Tegula. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022009000300011 |
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