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The sexuality and spawning of Manx Pectinids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Kosaraju Reddiah
Kosaraju Reddiah
Affiliation:
Eastern Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong
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The results of a comparative study of the breeding biology of the Manx pectinids with special reference to Chlamys varia, C. distorta, C. tigerina, C. striata and C. furtiva are presented.

It is shown that C. varia and C. distorta are protandric hermaphrodites with separate sexual phases similar to those of oysters, and evidence is presented on the possibility of sex reversal. The other species, C. tigerina, C. striata and C. furtiva, are truly dioecious, possessing at no stage germ cells of both sexes in the same gonad and as most individuals produce only one brood, the possibility of sex reversal is excluded.

C. distorta has two large-scale or peak spawning periods, once in summer and for the second time in autumn, although some spawning occurs as a rule in most months of the year. The breeding behaviour of this species is intermittent and therefore the breeding period is prolonged.

C. varia has two mass spawnings in a year, once in June and for the second time during September and October and the breeding period is not markedly different from that observed in French waters. Spawning is usually completed within a short period. C. tigerina and C. striata spawn only once annually in June and August respectively and most individuals have only one breeding cycle during their life time. C. furtiva however, may have two spawnings in a year, but the material available was inadequate to confirm this.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , October 1962 , pp. 683 - 703
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1962

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