Reproduction and gonad development of gastropod Thais carinifera in Lake Timsah, Suez Canal, Egypt
Reproduction and gonad development of gastropod Thais carinifera in Lake Timsah, Suez Canal, Egypt
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埃及苏伊士运河蒂姆萨湖腹足动物 Thais carinifera 的繁殖和性腺发育
DOI:
10.21608/ejabf.2009.2032
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2009
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A. Yaseen
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作者:
N. Radwan;S. Mohammad;Saad Z. Mohamed;A. Yaseen
onad development, reproductive cycle and sex ratio of Thais carinifera were studied through a histological investigation of its gonads. Samples of Thais carinifera were monthly collected during the period from February 2007 to May 2008, from Lake Timsah, Suez Canal, Egypt. Staging criteria for the gonad of male and female snails were described. The ovary and testis in both sexes were composed of a number of oogenic follicles and several spermatogenic follicles respectively. Reproductive cycle of Thais carinifera could be categorized into five stages: early active, late active, ripe, fully ripe and partially spawning phase (in males), and, early active, late active, ripe, spawned and spent phase (in females). Sex ratio departed from 1:1 and the males dominated the population.