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Original Articles

Reproductive cycle and gonadal development of the Atlantic sea urchin Arbacia punctulata in the Gulf of Mexico: changes in nutritive phagocytes in relation to gametogenesis

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Pages 177-194 | Received 15 Dec 2019, Accepted 13 Feb 2020, Published online: 04 Mar 2020

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