Document Source: http://sealifebase.ca/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=139204&GenusName=Holothuria&SpeciesName=difficilis&fc=101&StockCode=85141
Main Ref. |
Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
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Mode |
dioecism
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Fertilization |
external
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Spawning Frequency |
one clear seasonal peak per year
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Batch Spawner |
No |
Reproductive Guild |
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Description of life cycle and mating behavior |
Members of the class Holothuroidea are gonochoric and have only one gonad. Spawning and fertilization are both external and some exhibit brooding. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktotrophic larvae (auricularia) then into doliolaria (barrel-shaped stage) which later metamorphose into juvenile sea cucumbers.
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