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SUBMITTER: Grinyo J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6157850 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grinyó Jordi J Viladrich Núria N Díaz David D Muñoz Anabel A Mallol Sandra S Salazar Janire J Castillo Raquel R Gili Josep-Maria JM Gori Andrea A
PloS one 20180926 9
This study examined the sexual reproductive cycle, energy storage and metabolic requirements of a Mediterranean gorgonian in a mesophotic ecosystem (~70 m depth). Paramuricea macrospina resulted to be a gonochoric internal brooding species with a 1:1 population sex ratio. Oogenesis lasted ~12-14 months, whereas spermatogenesis was significantly shorter, only lasting 6 months. Fertilization occurred during late summer (August) and larval release occurred during autumn (September-October). The org ...[more]