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Fig. 2 in Reproductive strategies of the kangaroo leech, Marsupiobdella africana (Glossiphoniidae)
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Fig. 2. Microscope images of Marsupiobdella africana: (a) mature leech with a spermatophore implanted on the dorsal surface; (b) micrograph of a spermatophore firmly attached to a leech; (c) cross section through a spermatophore showing the two lobes; (d) histological cross section of a leech at the position of the spermatophore attachment; (e) histological section through the spermatophore contents that have been transferred into a leech; (f) light micrograph of a gravid leech with the brood pouch heavily swollen; (g) light micrograph showing young that are being discharged from the brood pouch; (h) sagittal section through the brood pouch containing several developing young. Abbreviations: as, attachment site; em, embryo; mp, marsupial pouch opening; sc, spermatophore contents; sp; sperm; sr, spermatophore; td, transfer duct. Scale bars: a, b, f and g, 500 μm; c and e, 20 μm; d, 200 μm; h, 250 μm.
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Published as part of Kruger, Natasha & Preez, Louis Du, 2015, Reproductive strategies of the kangaroo leech, Marsupiobdella africana (Glossiphoniidae), pp. 142-147 in International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.01.005, http://zenodo.org/record/12836913
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