Male sexual gametes of metazoans that are produced during a peculiar spermiogenesis. They are motile (by help of a flagellum or pseudopodium) and thus able to reach the female gamete (the oocyte), Platyhelminthes, Nematodes, Insects, Ticks.
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(2016). Spermatozoa. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_2931
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