A Histological Study of Ovarian Development in the Giant Red Shrimp Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Aristeidae) from the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea (Western Mediterranean)

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Oocyte developmental stages of Aristaeomorpha foliacea. (a) Oogonia (Og) and early primary stage (Ep); (b) late primary stage; (c) early vitellogenic stage; (d) late vitellogenic stage; (e) post-vitellogenic stage. (Haematoxylin-eosin.)

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