Porifera: Sudden Sperm Release by Tropical Demospongiae
- 30 October 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 170 (3957) , 538-539
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.170.3957.538
Abstract
Three tropical marine demosponges inhabiting the deep coral reefs of Jamaica expel immense clouds of milky fluid from exhalant apertures. Analysis of samples shows this fluid to contain mature male gametes. The behavior is an individual or a population event in different species.Keywords
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