Reproduction Summary - Thetys vagina
Reproduction of Thetys vagina
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Main Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Mode
Fertilization internal (oviduct)
Mating type
Spawning frequency
Spawning aggregation
Batch spawner Ref.  
Reproductive guild
Parental Care
Description of life cycle and mating behavior Members of the order Salpida includes clonal and sexual phases in its life cycle. Life cycle: The oozooid holds in its stolon the buds and blastozooids, each containing an egg. The blastozooid becomes a brood sac for the fertilized egg which later breaks free as a young zooid.
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