Reproduction of Acasta flexuosa
Document Source: http://www.sealifebase.ca/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=130570&GenusName=Acasta&SpeciesName=flexuosa&fc=813&StockCode=69432
 
Main Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
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Fertilization external
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Description of life cycle and mating behavior Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.
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