Reproduction of Sarsia occulta
Document Source: http://www.sealifebase.ca/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=43119&GenusName=Sarsia&SpeciesName=occulta&fc=1499&StockCode=10175
 
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.15, 18). Medusa is known only from laboratory rearing (Ref. 1663, p. 53).
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(e.g. cnidaria)
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