Fig. 3 in Chloeia incerta de Quatrefages 1866

Fig. 3. Histological section of testicular lobes (t1, t2, t3) of male N. indica (LS: 3 µm, Haematoxylin-Eosin) depicting asynchrony in spermatogenesis (1000 X) A. t1 showing spermatocytes and spermatophores; B. t1 showing the association between spermatophores and somatic accessory cells; C. t2 showing spermatocytes at pachytene stage and spermatogonia; D. t3 showing spermatocytes at equatorial plate forming stage of meiosis (arrow), spermatid and somatic accessory cells. sp - spermatophore, sc- spermatocytes, sac- somatic accessory cells, sg- spermatogonia, sd- spermatid.