Details of <i>Aulactinia stella</i> (IMAGE)

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Details of <i>Aulactinia stella</i>

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(A) Brooded juvenile; this one was scored as positive for intra-brood feeding based on presence of food (f) in the gastrovascular cavity. (B) Small juveniles (j) moving freely in the tentacles of a brooding adult. (C) Close-up of a small juvenile in B. (D) Size variation of offspring released in a mucus bundle, including tiny propagules and metamorphosing juveniles (j), with primary tentacles (t). (E) Close-up of a small metamorphosing juvenile in D, showing oral pore (o) and tentacle buds (tb). Scale bar represents 2 mm in A, 4 mm in B, 1 mm in C and D, and 0.5 mm in E.

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Mercier A et al. <i>PLOS ONE</i>

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