Reproduction of Phialella zappai
Document Source: http://sealifebase.ca/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=43917&GenusName=Phialella&SpeciesName=zappai&fc=1525&StockCode=10293
 
Main Ref. Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
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Description of life cycle and mating behavior Species exhibits both asexual and sexual reproduction by budding during hydroid stage and release of gametes in medusae stages (Ref. 1663, p. 19, 26). The medusoid stage were raised in the laboratory from the field collected hydroids (Ref. 1663, p. 60).
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