Multiple modes of asexual reproduction by tropical and subtropical sea star larvae: an unusual adaptation for genet dispersal and survival

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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1994

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1994

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1994

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Attributed name: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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Jaeckle, William B.

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Multiple modes of asexual reproduction by tropical and subtropical sea star larvae: an unusual adaptation for genet dispersal and survival

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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174232

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The Marine Biological Laboratory
1994
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Multiple modes of asexual reproduction by tropical and subtropical sea star larvae: an unusual adaptation for genet dispersal and survival

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Multiple modes of asexual reproduction by tropical and subtropical sea star larvae: an unusual adaptation for genet dispersal and survival