aquasperm
English
Noun
aquasperm (uncountable)
- Sperm that is released into an aquatic environment such as seawater.
- 1998, Luiz R. Malabarba, Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes, page 242:
- The spermatozoon of Aphyocharax anisitsi is a typical aquasperm with a spherical nucleus, short midpiece and short cytoplasmic collar.
- 1991, Barrie G. M. Jamieson, Fish Evolution and Systematics:
- Aquasperm contrast with intemally fertilizing sperm which do not enter the water, for which these authors have proposed the term introsperm.
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Coordinate terms
- introsperm