Hermaphroditism in Marine Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819), (Mollusca: Mytilidae)

Marine bivalves are essentially gonochoric species. However, some occasional hermaphrodites specimens can be found. A histological description of two (among 179) hermaphrodites of the marine mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) that were collected in San Jorge Bay (24S) is given. The low pr...

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Autores principales: Montenegro Villalobos,Diana, Olivares Paz,Alberto, González,María Teresa
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Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2010
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-950220100002000382010-10-21Hermaphroditism in Marine Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819), (Mollusca: Mytilidae)Montenegro Villalobos,DianaOlivares Paz,AlbertoGonzález,María Teresa Bivalve Hermaphroditism Perumytilus purpuratus Marine bivalves are essentially gonochoric species. However, some occasional hermaphrodites specimens can be found. A histological description of two (among 179) hermaphrodites of the marine mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) that were collected in San Jorge Bay (24S) is given. The low proportion of hermaphrodites suggests that P. purpuratus hermaphroditism could be an accidental phenomenon; nevertheless other causes are also discussed in the present study.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.28 n.2 20102010-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022010000200038en10.4067/S0717-95022010000200038
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Bivalve
Hermaphroditism
Perumytilus purpuratus
spellingShingle Bivalve
Hermaphroditism
Perumytilus purpuratus
Montenegro Villalobos,Diana
Olivares Paz,Alberto
González,María Teresa
Hermaphroditism in Marine Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819), (Mollusca: Mytilidae)
description Marine bivalves are essentially gonochoric species. However, some occasional hermaphrodites specimens can be found. A histological description of two (among 179) hermaphrodites of the marine mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819) that were collected in San Jorge Bay (24S) is given. The low proportion of hermaphrodites suggests that P. purpuratus hermaphroditism could be an accidental phenomenon; nevertheless other causes are also discussed in the present study.
author Montenegro Villalobos,Diana
Olivares Paz,Alberto
González,María Teresa
author_facet Montenegro Villalobos,Diana
Olivares Paz,Alberto
González,María Teresa
author_sort Montenegro Villalobos,Diana
title Hermaphroditism in Marine Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819), (Mollusca: Mytilidae)
title_short Hermaphroditism in Marine Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819), (Mollusca: Mytilidae)
title_full Hermaphroditism in Marine Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819), (Mollusca: Mytilidae)
title_fullStr Hermaphroditism in Marine Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819), (Mollusca: Mytilidae)
title_full_unstemmed Hermaphroditism in Marine Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819), (Mollusca: Mytilidae)
title_sort hermaphroditism in marine mussel perumytilus purpuratus (lamarck, 1819), (mollusca: mytilidae)
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate 2010
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022010000200038
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