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Fissiparous reproduction of sea star in research aquarium at Mandapam

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16269/
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9017/
 
Title Fissiparous
reproduction of sea
star in research
aquarium at
Mandapam
 
Creator Saravanan, Raju
Ramamoorthy, N
 
Subject Sea Stars
 
Description The Indo-Pacific shallow water species
of Sea star, Linckia multifora collected
from Mandapam coast reared in research
the aquarium has shown fissiparous
reproduction. This method of asexual
reproduction is called autotomy and this
is restricted to a very few species of sea
stars. It is achieved by shedding an arm
which results in a comet, and this will further
develop into a separate sea star with
central disc.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2012
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16269/1/CMFRI_NL_2012_133_8_1.pdf
Saravanan, Raju and Ramamoorthy, N (2012) Fissiparous reproduction of sea star in research aquarium at Mandapam. CMFRI Newsletter Cadalmin (133). p. 8.