Iepure, S. and Namiotko, T. and Valdecasas, A.G. and Magyari, E.K. (2012) Exceptionally well-preserved giant spermatozoa in male and female specimens of an ostracod Cypria ophtalmica (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Late Glacial lacustrine sediments of Southern Carpathians, Romania. Naturwissenschaften, 99 (7). pp. 587-590. ISSN 0028-1042
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Exceptionally well-preserved giant spermatozoa observed between abundant decalcified carapace valves of ostracods (Crustacea: Ostracoda) were found in Late Glacial to Holocene (14,400 to 10,000 cal years bp) lacustrine sediments in the southern Romanian Carpathians. Analysis by scanning electron microscopy and laser scanning confocal microscopy revealed good preservation of the appendages enabling specific identification as Cypria ophtalmica (Candonidae) and indication of the presence of both female and male specimens based on the sexual dimorphism of the second antenna. This record represents the oldest and richest direct evidence of virtually morphologically unaltered animal spermatozoa preserved in females after mating.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Giant spermatozoa in females, Exceptional preservation, Ostracoda, Romanian Carpathians, Late Glacial, Holocene. |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Depositing User: | José Ángel Gómez Martín |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2013 14:02 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2013 16:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.imdea-agua.org:13000/id/eprint/39 |
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