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Mention the measurement of sperms of Cotesia congregants?and how would you say that it is smallest sperm in the world ?justify your answer with proper reason.

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This insect has the shortest flagellated spermatozoa in animals, being 6.6 µm long (nucleus and flagellum), 8800 times shorter than the longest ones (Drosophila bifurca).

As till date it has the shortest sperm found.

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