Patterns of asexual reproduction in the fissiparous seastar Coscinasterias acutispina (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) in Japan

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1075-1081

  Haramoto, Shinji ^a   Komatsu, Miéko ^a   Yamazaki, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Asteroid; Coscinasterias acutispina; Dendrogaster okadai; Fission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEA; HEAT; JAPAN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA; STARFISH; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEA; HEAT; JAPAN; OCEANS AND SEAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; STARFISH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

ASTERIAS; COSCINASTERIAS ACUTISPINA; DENDROGASTER; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 37649002658     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1075     Document Type: Article

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