spermatophore

A packet of sperms transferred by a male shrimp, lobster or crab to the female during mating [Bliss, 1982].

Mass of spermatozoa deposited by gonopods of male on to thoracic sternum or into seminal receptacle of female [Poore, 2004].

Packet containing spermatozoa which is produced by the male genital system for transfer to the female [Mauchline, 1984].

Packet of spermatozoa for transfer from male to female [Moore and McCormick, 1969].

Packet or capsule of spermatozoa [McLaughlin, 1980].

The sperm-carrying, variously complex mass, issuing from the male gonopore during copulation [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997].

(Order Decapoda):

Packet of sperm formed in vas deferens, emerging from gonopore, and transferred to female with the aid of modified first pleopod pair(s) (gonopods, petasma, appendix masculina). (stalked, unstalked; pear-shaped, rod-shaped, lobed, bilobed) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Subclass Branchiura):

Packet of sperm produced in male reproductive system [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Subclass Copepoda):

A cuticular capsule containing sperm, transferred from male to female during mating [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004].

(Subclass Mystacocarida):

Packet of sperm formed in vas deferens [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Class Ostracoda):

Packet of sperm formed in modified region (spermatophoric sac) of vas deferens [Stachowitsch, 1992].

(Order Euphausiacea):

Packet of sperm formed in distal end of each vas deferens. Emerges from gonopore and is transferred by modified pleopods (petasma) to female thelycum [Stachowitsch, 1992].