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Invertebrate Reproduction & Development Volume 50, 2007 - Issue 4
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A case of simultaneous hermaphroditism in the Azorean endemic limpet Patella candei gomesii (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda), a gonochoristic species

LUÍS CUNHA Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Apt 1422, Ponta Delgada, 9501-855, Portugal Phone: +351 (296) 650109 Fax: +351 (296) 650109 E-mail: [email protected]
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GUSTAVO M. MARTINS Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Apt 1422, Ponta Delgada, 9501-855, Portugal Phone: +351 (296) 650109 Fax: +351 (296) 650109 E-mail: [email protected]; Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK; Marine Biology and Ecology Research Group, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK
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ANDRÉ AMARAL Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Apt 1422, Ponta Delgada, 9501-855, Portugal Phone: +351 (296) 650109 Fax: +351 (296) 650109 E-mail: [email protected]; CIRN, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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ARMINDO RODRIGUES Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Apt 1422, Ponta Delgada, 9501-855, Portugal Phone: +351 (296) 650109 Fax: +351 (296) 650109 E-mail: [email protected]; CIRN, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Pages 203-205 | Received 14 Sep 2007, Accepted 23 Nov 2007, Published online: 01 Dec 2010

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