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The process of resorption of spermatozoa is described in the testes of the starfish Asterina pectinifera. It is shown that the mode of resorption of the male gametes in this species is different from that in the starfish Asterias vulgaris (see Walker [17, 18]), A. amurensis, and Aphelasterias japonica (see Kas’yanov et al.
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Kalachev, A.V., Reunov, A.A. Resorption of Gametes in the Testes of the Sea Star Asterina pectinifera (Mueller et Troschel, 1842). Russ J Mar Biol 31, 119–123 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11179-005-0053-2
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