Planktotrophig larval development in deep-water gastropods
- 31 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Sarsia
- Vol. 64 (1-2) , 37-40
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1979.10411360
Abstract
Examination of the larval shells of numerous bathyal and abyssal gastropods has proven that many larval shells are of a type which in shallow-water gastropods is known to indicate planktotrophic larval development. Veliger larvae taken in shallow water have been identified and are proven to belong to deep-water species. This way of larval dispersal for deep-water gastropods has to be important for their distributional pattern.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit: