• DOI:10.1007/BF00397488
Corpus ID: 84885523

Divide or broadcast: Interrelation of asexual and sexual reproduction in a population of the fissiparous hermaphroditic seastar Nepanthia belcheri (Asteroidea: Asterinidae)

@article{Ottesen1982DivideOB,
  title={Divide or broadcast: Interrelation of asexual and sexual reproduction in a population of the fissiparous hermaphroditic seastar Nepanthia belcheri (Asteroidea: Asterinidae)},
  author={P. Ottesen and J. Lucas},
  journal={Marine Biology},
  year={1982},
  volume={69},
  pages={223-233}
}

• P. Ottesen, J. Lucas
• Published 1982
• Biology
• Marine Biology

Asexual and sexual reproduction were studied in an intertidal population of Nepanthia belcheri (Perrier) at Townsville, Queensland, Australia, by regular sampling over a year (March 1976-March 1977) and by histological analysis of gonads. Fission reached a peak in early winter (April–June), when about 45% of the population showed evidence of recent fission. Propensity for fission was unrelated to longest arm length. Seven-armed seastars predominated in the population and these underwent fission… Expand

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