Reproduction of Callochiton jeareyae
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Main Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Mode
Fertilization external
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Reproductive Guild
Description of life cycle and mating behavior Members of the class Polyplacophora are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic planktonic trocophore larvae (no veliger stage) which later metamorphose and settle on the bottom as young adults.
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(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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