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Asexual reproduction, diet, and anomalies of the anemone Nematostella vectensis in Nova Scotia

Year: 1978

Type: article

Abstract: Asexual reproduction, diet, and anomalies of the anemone Nematostella vectensis in Nova Scotia.Canadian Field-Naturalist 92(3): 259-263.Observed population increases in two aquaria containing the anemone, Nematostella vectensis, from Minas Basin, Nova Scotia were thought to be the result of asexual reproduction.This hypothesis was supported when 20 vitally stained and 10 unstained anemones produced 13 new individuals, 7 of which were stained.The enteron contents of 555 anemones revealed nine kinds of ingested items, Hydrobia and copepods being the most common.Several anomalous forms of the anemone were found but no one reason for the anomalies could be demonstrated.

Source: The Canadian Field-Naturalist

DOI: 10.5962/p.346689

Authors: Peter G. Frank, J. Sherman Bleakney

Institutions: Harvard University, Acadia University

Language: English

Topic: Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Washington Academy of Sciences