Reproduction and developmental stages in the crinoid Isometra vivipara Mortensen, 1917 from the southwestern Atlantic

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Pertossi, Renata Micaela, Brogger, Martin Ignacio, Penchaszadeh, Pablo Enrique, Martinez, Mariano Ignacio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: BROODING; BURDWOOD BANK/MPA NAMUNCURÁ; CRINOIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; MARSUPIUM; SOUTHERN OCEAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Southern Ocean; Argentino; Argentina; Pablo; Burdwood Bank; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/119452

Isometra vivipara Mortensen, 1917, which was described one hundred years ago, represents a particular case within the feather stars of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. This is a dioecious species in which the oocytes are fertilized in the ovary and not externally as in other species. Some authors ha...