Timing of fission in the starfish Allostichaster capensis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in laboratory
Rev. biol. trop
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53(supl.3): 299-303, dic. 2005. ilus, tab
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in English
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| ID: lil-454829
ABSTRACT
Timing of fission in the fissiparous starfish Allostichaster capensis under laboratory conditions is described. A. capensis generally splits across the disc along the fission plane during the spring, and then each half regenerates the missing arms during the rest of the year. The fission process can last eight hours. The healing process starts immediately after fission. A. capensis has impressive regeneration ability, including a comet, without signs of disc, regenerated two new arms
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Reproduction, Asexual
/
Starfish
/
Cell Division
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. biol. trop
Journal subject:
Biology
/
Tropical Medicine
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centro Nacional Patagónico/AR
/
Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco/AR
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