Genetic study of the extent and consequences of sexual and asexual reproduction in the deep-sea epizoic anemones Amphianthus inornata and Kadosactis commensalis (Cnidaria:Anthozoa)

• Main Authors: Bronsdon, S K, Rogers, A, Tyler, P A, Rice, A L, Gage, John D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: ACTINIARIA; NATURAL-POPULATIONS; POPULATION-STRUCTURE; Marine & Freshwater Biology; VARIABILITY; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; METRIDIUM-SENILE; DIFFERENTIATION; CORYPHAENOIDES-ARMATUS; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; ATLANTIC-OCEAN; Pacific; Rockall Trough; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/f645f9dd-2857-46d0-b2cf-bd6a9e9c2fb7

The anemone Amphianthus inornata is found at bathyal depths living on colonies of the gorgonian Acanella arbuscula. Previous studies of the morphology and reproductive stage of this anemone, during different times of the year, have indicated that it reproduces sexually on a seasonal basis. A small p...