Document Source: http://sealifebase.nrm.se/Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?GenusName=Isostichopus&ID=49462&SpeciesName=fuscus&StockCode=69519&fc=102
Main Ref. |
Herrero Pérezrul, M.D., H. Reyes Bonilla, F. García Domínguez and C.E. Cintra Buenrostro, 1999
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Mode |
dioecism
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Fertilization |
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Spawning Frequency |
one clear seasonal peak per year
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Batch Spawner |
No |
Reproductive Guild |
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Description of life cycle and mating behavior |
Members of the class Holothuroidea are gonochoric and have only one gonad. Spawning and fertilization are both external and some exhibit brooding. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktotrophic larvae (auricularia) then into doliolaria (barrel-shaped stage) which later metamorphose into juvenile sea cucumbers (Ref. 833).
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