Abstract
Just as in other classes of Arthropoda, transfer of spermatozoa by means of spermatophores is a common feature of reproduction in Crustacea; it is characteristic of many Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Malacostraca. With insects the crustaceans also share some general characteristics of spermatozoa, such as long survival in the female body. A well-known example is the American lobster, Homarus americanus, in which the spermatozoa that have been transferred as a spermatophore to the thelycum of the female (a receptacle located on the ventral surface of her body), can remain there in storage for several years before being released for fertilization (Herrick 19d 1; Kooda-Cisco and Talbot 1982).
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Mann, T. (1984). Crustacea. In: Spermatophores. Zoophysiology, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82308-4_7
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