Vacelet, J. (1999). Planktonic armoured propagules of the excavating sponge Alectona (Porifera: Demospongiae) are larvae: evidence from Alectona wallichii and A. mesatlantica sp. nov. In: Hooper JNA (ed) Origin and Outlook. Proceedings of the 5th International Sponge Symposium 1998. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 44, 627-642.

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Vacelet, J.

1999

44, 627-642

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Proceedings of the 5th International Sponge Conference

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The armoured propagules of the excavating sponges Alectona and Thoosa, which are the only stage of reproduction of sponges consistently observed in full planktonic conditions, have been interpreted as asexual because of their unique morphology among sponge larvae. Evidence for their sexual origin is presented...

Atlantic Ocean (without specification)
Indian Ocean (without specifications)
Pacific Ocean (without specification)

Larvae, Larval development, Metamorphosis
Reproduction
Systematics, Taxonomy

Porifera

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