Reproduction of Malletia dunkeri
Document Source: http://www.sealifebase.ca/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=80052&GenusName=Malletia&SpeciesName=dunkeri&fc=1815&StockCode=66220
 
Main Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Mode dioecism
Fertilization external
Spawning Frequency
Batch Spawner No
Reproductive Guild
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.
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(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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