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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]
(Taxon-specific: 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]
(Taxon-specific: Subclass Branchiura) Packet of sperm produced in male reproductive system. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) A cuticular capsule containing sperm, transferred from male to female during mating. [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004]
(Taxon-specific: Subclass Mystacocarida) Packet of sperm formed in vas deferens. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: Class Ostracoda) Packet of sperm formed in modified region (spermatophoric sac) of vas deferens. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
(Taxon-specific: 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]