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Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young

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    • Contributors:
      Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
    • Publication Information:
      Springer
    • Collection:
      FAU Digital Collections (Florida Atlantic University Digital Library)
    • Abstract:
      Reproduction and development of the ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea H. L. Clark, a species that broods its young, were investigated in Florida from January through December 1985 and in Belize in June 1985 and April 1986.O. olivacea has a maximum disc diameter of 5.2 mm and is a protandric hermaphrodite. Sex reversal occurs at disc diameters ranging between 2.2 and 4.0 mm; it has 400 µm diameter oocytes and is ovoviviparous. ; This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Byrne, M. (1991). Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young. Marine Biology, 111(3), 387-399. doi:10.1007/BF01319411 ; Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #838.
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      article
    • Relation:
      3333185; http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333185; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01319411; FADT3333185; fau:6272; https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A6272/datastream/TN/view/Reproduction,%20development%20and%20population%20biology%20of%20the%20Caribbean%20ophiuroid%20Ophionereis%20olivacea,%20a%20protandric%20hermaphrodite%20that%20broods%20its%20young.jpg
    • Accession Number:
      10.1007/BF01319411
    • Online Access:
      http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333185
      https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01319411
      https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A6272/datastream/TN/view/Reproduction,%20development%20and%20population%20biology%20of%20the%20Caribbean%20ophiuroid%20Ophionereis%20olivacea,%20a%20protandric%20hermaphrodite%20that%20broods%20its%20young.jpg
    • Rights:
      ©1991 Springer
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.95DA29F5