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Multiple modes of asexual reproduction by tropical and subtropical sea star larvae: an unusual adaptation for genet dispersal and survival
| Title: | Multiple modes of asexual reproduction by tropical and subtropical sea star larvae: an unusual adaptation for genet dispersal and survival. |
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| Name(s): |
Jaeckle, William B., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1994 | |
| Publisher: | The Marine Biological Laboratory | |
| Extent: | 11 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3174232 (digitool), FADT3174232 (IID), fau:5790 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
Sea star larvae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), collected from the subtropical Northwest Atlantic Ocean, exhibited three distinct modes of asexual reproduction. A number of different bipinnariae and brachiolariae reproduced by paratomous cloning of the posterolateral arms. This morphogenesis was identical to that of larvae assignable to the genus Luidia. A second mode of asexual reproduction involves the autotomization of an anterior portion of the preoral lobe. This manuscript is available at http://www.biolbull.org/ and may be cited as: Jaeckle, W. B. (1994). Multiplemodes of asexual reproduction by tropical and subtropical sea star larvae: an unusual adaptation for genet dispersal and survival. The Biological Bulletin, 186(1), 62-71. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #998. |
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| Subject(s): |
Starfishes Reproduction, Asexual Echinodermata Cloning Budding (Zoology) |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174232 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1994 The Marine Biological Laboratory | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
