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| Richard, A.; Van den Branden, C.; Decleir, W.. |
| The reproductive system of female cephalopods includes a glandular system (oviduct glands and nidamental glands), which develops considerably during sexual maturation and which plays an important part in the formation of the different egg membranes. It is generally uncoloured. An exception are the nidamental glands in <i>Nautilus pompilius</i> which are composed of opaque yellowish or yellowish-green tissue (Ref. 1). Moreover all Sepioidea and Myopsida and <i>Ctenopteryx</i>, a species belonging to the Oegopsida (Ref.2) possess accessory nidamental glands. The most striking property of these glands is their intense coloration varying from yellow to orange and red. This paper is a comparative study of the accessory nidamental glands... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Endocrine systems; Glands; Cephalopoda. |
| Ano: 1979 |
URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=3609 |
