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Figure 5

From: Female control of mate plugging in a female-cannibalistic spider (Micaria sociabilis)

Figure 5

Morphology of the male genital bulb of M. sociabilis . AB: LM; CD: TEM. AB: Semi-thin cross sections of the genital bulb showing duct (A) and reservoir (B) of the bulbus gland. Asterisk marks the homogenous plug material in duct lumen. CD: Ultrathin section showing secretion in the lumen of the bulbus gland. BG – bulbus gland, BGL – bulbus gland lumen, bH – basal haematodocha, E – embolus, Mi – mitochondria, Mv – microvilli, N – nucleus, S – spermophor, Sec – secretion, SF – seminal fluid, SG – spermophor gland, SGL – spermophor gland lumen, V – vesicles.

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