Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young

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Byrne, M.
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Springer
Date Issued
1991
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Reproduction and development of the ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea H. L. Clark, a species that broods its young, were investigated in Florida from January through December 1985 and in Belize in June 1985 and April 1986.O. olivacea has a maximum disc diameter of 5.2 mm and is a protandric hermaphrodite. Sex reversal occurs at disc diameters ranging between 2.2 and 4.0 mm; it has 400 µm diameter oocytes and is ovoviviparous.

Language
English
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Text
Genre
article
Subject (Topical)
Ophiuroidea
Hermaphrodites (Animals)
Brooding (Incubation)
Reproduction
Population biology
Identifier
3333185
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Reproduction and development of the ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea H. L. Clark, a species that broods its young, were investigated in Florida from January through December 1985 and in Belize in June 1985 and April 1986.O. olivacea has a maximum disc diameter of 5.2 mm and is a protandric hermaphrodite. Sex reversal occurs at disc diameters ranging between 2.2 and 4.0 mm; it has 400 µm diameter oocytes and is ovoviviparous.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Byrne, M. (1991). Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young. Marine Biology, 111(3), 387-399. doi:10.1007/BF01319411
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #838.
Date Backup
1991
Date Text
1991
DOI
10.1007/BF01319411
Date Issued (EDTF)
1991
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Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young
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Springer
1991
single unit
Title
Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young
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Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young