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Spermatophore formation and transfer in Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae)
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Regional Plant Protection Inspectorate in Rzeszów, Poland
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Department of Zoology, Institute of Plant Protection, Poznań, Poland
Submission date: 2001-05-15
Acceptance date: 2001-08-10
Publication date: 2020-07-09
 
Folia Malacol. 2001;9(3):149–154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.009.017
 
 
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KEYWORDS
slugs
Arion lusitanicus
spermatophore
 
ABSTRACT
Spermatophore formation and transfer in slugs are complex and still obscure. In the slug Arion lusitanicus Mab. the spermatophore is formed 30–35 minutes after atrium eversion; as long as the copulating slugs are connected, each spermatophore is partly in the donor’s epiphallus and partly in the recipient’s spermatheca duct; spermatozoa are released in the spermatheca duct 12–13 hrs after the spermatophore transfer; the spermatophore tunicle in the spermatheca dissolves within 48–72 hrs.
 
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