| 释义 |
Complemental males
| (Zool.) | peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles. |
See also: Complemental Complemental Males
Complemental Males dwarf males of certain invertebrates whose females can multiply parthenogenetically or (in the case of changing into hermaphrodites) by self-fertilization. For example, complemental male rotifers have no intestines and cannot feed themselves, so they survive only a very short time. Among the Scalpellum vulgare barnacles, the complemental males live in the mantle cavities of both the females and the hermaphrodites. complemental males
complemental males those that live attached to their females which are very much larger, e.g. angler fish. |