Reproductive features in the sea cucumber Pentactella perrieri (Ekman, 1927) (Holothuroidea: Cucumariidae): a brooding hermaphrodite species from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Martinez, Mariano Ignacio, Alba Posse, Jorge Ezequiel, Lauretta, Daniel Marcelo, Penchaszadeh, Pablo Enrique
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ARGENTINA; BROOD-SACS; BURDWOOD BANK/MPA NAMUNCURÁ; DENDROCHIROTIDA; LECITHOTROPHY; REPRODUCTION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentino; Argentina; Burdwood Bank; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/135537

Cucumariidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) is a family of sea cucumbers known for displaying different reproductive strategies, including brooding and hermaphroditism. These reproductive strategies of marine invertebrates are a key feature, since it is strongly related to evolutionary and ecologica...