Reproduction of Scrobicularia plana
Document Source: http://sealifebase.ca/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=48642&GenusName=Scrobicularia&SpeciesName=plana&fc=1872&StockCode=30606
 
Main Ref. Santos, S.A., 2012
Mode dioecism
Fertilization external
Spawning Frequency
Batch Spawner No
Reproductive Guild nonguarders
Open water/substratum egg scatterers
Description of life cycle and mating behavior Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).
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(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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