Definitions

Seminal receptacles

• Sacs for storage of spermatophores or sperm, usually on sternite of thoracic somite 7 (sometimes spermathecae), associated with thelycum in Dendrobranchiata. [Poore, 2004]
• Unpaired or paired bulbous or tubular sacs associated with the thelycum for the storage of spermatophores or sperm, situated immediately dorsal to plate(s) of sternite XIV, sometimes XIII and/or XII. [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]

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