Overview of the terminology used by different authors on the conditions of spider spermatozoa in the female genital system after insemination.

The assignment to one of the three sperm conditions as found for A. bruennichi (secretion sheath present or absent, uncoiled) is suggested by the authors of the present study.*The authors mentioned that the spermatozoa are decapsulated and “potentially mobile” (p. 364).**This condition was not shown in the paper, but mentioned as an unpublished result in the discussion (p. 130).