Reproductive biology of the sea cucumber Holothuria sanctori (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea);Biología reproductiva del pepino de mar HolotHuria sanctori (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 741-752

  Navarro, Pablo G ^a,b   García Sanz, Sara ^b   Tuya, Fernando ^b  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Holothuria sanctori; Holothurians; Life cycle; Maturity; Reproduction; Sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; GAMETE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING;

CANARY ISLANDS; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA SANCTORI; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 84871628084     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.03543.15B     Document Type: Article

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