• DOI:10.1038/254135A0
Corpus ID: 4278163

Spawning pheromone in crown-of-thorns starfish

@article{Beach1975SpawningPI,
  title={Spawning pheromone in crown-of-thorns starfish},
  author={D. H. Beach and N. J. Hanscomb and R. Ormond},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1975},
  volume={254},
  pages={135-136}
}

• D. H. Beach, N. J. Hanscomb, R. Ormond
• Published 1975
• Biology, Medicine
• Nature

LARGE aggregations of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci L have destroyed a high proportion of the coral on certain Indo-Pacific reefs. We report that gamete release by one A. planci induces other ripe starfish to spawn; similar behaviour has been observed in certain other echinoderms1,2. During natural spawning a pheromone is released from the gonad, which synchronises spawning in neighbouring animals and also induces starfish movement towards the spawning individual. Using a Y… Expand

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