Dosidicus gigas Maturity Stages
adapted from M.R. Lipiński and L.G. Underhill, Sexual maturation in squid: quantum or continuum?, S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 15 (1995), pp. 207-223. For a written description of the stages see Lou Zeidberg and Unai Markaida’s field guide.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T6N-4JD0X7W-1&_user=145269&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000012078&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=145269&md5=8f167dc1dee25016a459887e6ecf315ahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T6N-4JD0X7W-1&_user=145269&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000012078&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=145269&md5=8f167dc1dee25016a459887e6ecf315afield_work_files/MarkaidaZeidbergDgMaturity.pdfshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2

OG-oviducal gland, NG-nidamental gland-photo by U. Markaida


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