Summary
Physical Description
Ecology
Local Distribution - Mini Report
Life History & Behaviour
Reproduction
Respiration and Feeding
Movement
Anatomy & Physiology
External Morphology
Internal Anatomy
Evolution & Systematics
Biogeographic Distribution
Conservation & Threats
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Reproduction
Galeommatids can have separate sexes, display protandry where individuals are born male and at some point become female or can be simultaneous hermaphrodites (Mather 1993). According to primary literature all members of Galeommatidae are ovoviviparous and display ctenidial incubation (Jespersen & Lutzen 2006; Tankersley & Dimock 1992) whereby larvae develop within the lamellate gills in the mantle cavity to at least the shelled prodissoconch stage (Mather 1993). This occurs regardless of whether larvae development is direct or indirect.
Specific reproduction for this species is unknown and is an area for further investigation. |
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