Asexual reproduction in starfish takes place by fission or through autotomy of arms. In fission, the central disc breaks into two pieces and each portion...

up asexual in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Asexual or Asexuals may refer to: Asexual reproduction Asexual reproduction in starfish Asexuality, the...

Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes. The offspring that...

forms of reproduction: asexual and sexual. In asexual reproduction, an organism can reproduce without the involvement of another organism. Asexual reproduction...

capable of asexual reproduction. This has long been known to occur among starfish and brittle stars, but has more recently been observed in a sea cucumber...

in Hawaii, Lamarck starfish shed arms throughout the year irrespective of spawning season. In asexual starfish reproduction, starfish develop offspring...

juveniles. Some species of starfish in the three families Asterinidae, Asteriidae and Solasteridae are able to reproduce asexually as adults either by fission...

doi:10.3354/ab00326. Rideout, R. S. (1978). "Asexual reproduction as a means of population maintenance in the coral reef asteroid Linckia multifora on...

tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is sometimes called the blue spiny starfish or the white starfish. It occurs in shallow waters in the Atlantic...

"Declining asexual reproduction is suggestive of senescence in hydra: comment on Martinez, D., "Mortality patterns suggest lack of senescence in hydra.""...

split down the middle. In addition to both of these methods, Anthozoa can split horizontally just above the base. Asexual reproduction makes the daughter...

properties. When conditions are unfavorable, sea sponges resort to asexual reproduction. This occurs through the presence of an ameobocyte on a deteriorating...

recombination in Adineta vaga, a species previously thought to be anciently asexual. Recent transitions: Loss of sexual reproduction can be inherited in a simple...

serpent-like arms of the brittle star) are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea, closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible...

of polyps to reproduce asexually by the method of budding. This mode of reproduction may be combined with sexual reproduction, or may be the sole method...

Species. Retrieved 2013-06-21. Kenny, R. (1969). "Growth and Asexual Reproduction of the Starfish Nepanthia belcheri". Pacific Science. 23 (1): 51–55. ISSN 0030-8870...

"Morphological characterization of the asexual reproduction in the acorn worm Balanoglossus simodensis: Asexual reproduction in B. simodensis". Development, Growth...

Linckia multifora is a variously colored starfish in the family Ophidiasteridae that is found in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Its common names include...

into new individuals. Others are capable of asexual reproduction, or sometimes, both methods of reproduction. Extensive research with model invertebrate...

capable of asexual reproduction, which often results in a genetic clone of the parent. This may take place through fragmentation; budding, such as in Hydra...

Astrostole scabra, commonly called the seven-armed starfish, is a sea star in the family Asteriidae, native to New Zealand, eastern Australia and southern...

muricata is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is a large 11-armed starfish and occurs in shallow waters in the temperate western Indo-Pacific...

of Starfish In: Annals and Magazine of Natural History Volume 6, 1840. p. 180 Austin Hobart Clark: A New Name for Heliaster multiradiatus (Gray). In: Proceedings...

independently and themselves developing into new individuals, a form of asexual reproduction. The process is quite slow, it taking 6 months for the madreporite...

are already present in the eggs before spawning. Pocillopora verrucosa can reproduce by fragmentation, a form of asexual reproduction. It is also a simultaneous...

crabs, isopods, mussels, starfish, and many marine gastropod molluscs such as limpets and whelks. Sexual and asexual reproduction varies by inhabitants of...

are a family of starfish in the monotypic order Spinulosida. The family includes eight genera and about 133 species found on the seabed in various habitats...

reproduces either sexually or asexually. It is gonochoric (having separate sexes). Asexual reproduction, which results in a clonal offspring, occurs by...

Species. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Fisher, W. K. (1925-03-01). "Asexual Reproduction in the Starfish, Sclerasterias" (PDF). Biological Bulletin. 48 (3): 171–175...

common names include big-plated sea star, Hunter-five Seastar and doughboy starfish. This species is harmless to humans. Choriaster granulatus is a large sea...