Larval development of fertilized "pseudo-gynodioecious" eggs suggests a sexual pattern of gynodioecy in galaxea fascicularis (Scleractinia: Euphyllidae)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-149

  Keshavmurthy, Shashank ^a   Hsu, Chia Min ^a,b   Kuo, Chao Yang ^a   Denis, Vianney ^a   Leung, Julia Ka Lai ^a,c   Fontana, Silvia ^a,d   Hsieh, Hernyi Justin ^e   Tsai, Wan Sen ^e   Su, Wei Cheng ^e   Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a,b,f,g  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e Penghu Marine Biological Research Center   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAITUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Galaxea fascicularis; Gynodioecy; Pseudo gynodioecy; Reproductive mode; Synchronous spawning

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; GALAXEA FASCICULARIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84863290785     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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