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A spermatophore (from Greek spermato 'seed' and -phore 'bearer') or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass containing spermatozoa created by males of various...

body attached to the males' spermatophore and consumed by the female, to distract her from eating the male's spermatophore and thereby increase his paternity...

(also called a spermatophore sac) is the part of the reproductive tract of cephalopods in which spermatophores are stored. Spermatophores are complex structures...

a copulatory pad rather than suckers. This is used for depositing a spermatophore inside the mantle cavity of a female. A ventral part of the foot has...

Courtship rituals and methods of transfer of the spermatophore vary between species. In some, the spermatophore may be placed directly into the female cloaca...

of the sternites of abdominal segments 3 and 4. The male produces a spermatophore which is attached to the substrate and is picked up by the female. Members...

Centipede reproduction does not involve copulation. Males deposit a spermatophore for the female to take up. In temperate areas, egg laying occurs in...

mate with the female. Males transfer a protein-rich spermatophore to females upon mating. Spermatophores are nuptial gifts which serve different functions...

produce spermatophores, waterproof packets of sperm, which the females take into their bodies. A few such species rely on females to find spermatophores that...

female will assume the male's spermatophore, as the male must hold the female long enough to coax her over the spermatophore. Larger males tend to have more...

is intromitted to transfer the spermatophore. The sperm container is formed in the epiphallus, while the spermatophore's tail is formed by the flagellum...

also produce nuptial gifts in the form of packages of nutrient-rich spermatophores that are eaten by the female partner after mating. This has been shown...

and some molluscs undertake internal fertilization by transferring a spermatophore, a bundle of sperm, from the male to the female. Following fertilization...

controlling the population of cockroaches and crickets. Males secrete a spermatophore (a united mass of sperm), which is transferred to the female following...

are important for this and other adult behaviours. The male passes a spermatophore to the female; to reduce sperm competition, he may cover her with his...

model to study sexual selection. Females mate multiply and receive spermatophores containing sperm, nutrients and alkaloid compounds from numerous males...

derived from materials ingested as a larva and in some species, from the spermatophores received from males during mating. An egg can only be 1/1000 the mass...

is an omnivore. Arion rufus is hermaphrodite and during its mating spermatophores are swapped reciprocally. Mating typically starts with one slug following...

oöcyte growth was stimulated by the presence of a spermatophore, by the implantation of a spermatophore and by mating with vasectomized males. Odthecal...

deposits a spermatophore on the ground or in the water according to species, and the female picks this up with her vent. The spermatophore has a packet...