- spermatic sac
- (Order Mysida):One in a series of sac-shaped structures into which testes are subdivided. (Syn. spermatic pouch, follicle) [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
spermatic sac
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