Biochemical composition of body compartments during the reproductive cycle of the starfish Allostichaster capensis in Patagonia, Argentina

• Main Authors: Rubilar Panasiuk, Cynthia Tamara, Díaz de Vivar, María Enriqueta Adela, Pastor de Ward, C. T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Costa Rica
• Subjects: BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; FISSIPAROUS STARFISH; ALLOSTICHASTER CAPENSIS; NORTHERN PATAGONIA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Patagonia; San Juan; Argentina; Chubut; Perrier; Rubilar; Vivar; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/95346

Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875) (= inaequalis) is a fissiparous starfish inhabiting the South Atlantic Ocean coasts. On the Patagonian coast, it displays an annual sexual and asexual reproductive cycle. Fission is most frequent during the austral summer (November-January) and arm regeneratio...