A case of simultaneous hermaphroditism in the Azorean endemic limpet Patella ca...

• Author(s): Cunha, Luís ; Martins, Gustavo M. ; Amaral, André ; Rodrigues, Armindo
• Date: 2007
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/1365
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Limpet; Gonochoristic; Simultaneous Hermaphroditic; Azores
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

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Copyright © 2007, Taylor & Francis. A case of simultaneous hermaphroditism was observed in Patella candei gomesii, an Azorean endemic species, which has been considered a gonochoristic species. Here we show that simultaneous hermaphroditism can occur within the family Patellidae.