Reproduction of Pecten jacobaeus
Document Source: http://www.sealifebase.ca/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=83807&GenusName=Pecten&SpeciesName=jacobaeus&fc=1460&StockCode=1951
 
Main Ref. Mattei, N. and M. Pellizzato, 1996
Mode protandry
Fertilization external
Spawning Frequency
Batch Spawner No
Reproductive Guild nonguarders
Open water/substratum egg scatterers
Description of life cycle and mating behavior Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam (Ref. 833).
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(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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