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Developmental types of shallow-water asteroids of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

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Date Issued:
1990
Title: Developmental types of shallow-water asteroids of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
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Name(s): Bosch, Isidro, creator
Pearse, J. S., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1990
Publisher: Springer
Extent: 7 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3333150 (digitool), FADT3333150 (IID), fau:6254 (fedora), 10.1007/BF01313155 (doi)
Note(s): The mode of development was ascertained for 14 of the 16 species of sea stars known to occur in shallow waters of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (77° 51‘S; 166° 40‘E). The species were collected between September 1984 and December 1985. Females of three species, Odontaster validus, O. meridionalis and Porania antarctica, spawn small to moderate eggs (0.17 to 0.55 mm), have a high fecundity, and produce feeding larvae. Females of an undescribed Porania species spawn a few eggs (150 to 310) that are 0.55 mm in diameter and develop into demersal non-feeding larvae.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Bosch, I., & Pearse, J. S. (1990). Developmental types of shallow-water asteroids of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Marine Biology, 104(1), 41-46. doi:10.1007/BF01313155
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #727.
Subject(s): Starfishes
Starfishes--Development
McMurdo Sound (Antarctica)
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333150
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01313155
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Host Institution: FAU