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KMID : 1161520070110020215
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Animal Cells and Systems
2007 Volume.11 No. 2 p.215 ~ p.225
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Reproductive biology of the temperate soft coral Dendronephthya suensoni (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae)
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Choi Eun-Ji
Song Jun-Im
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Abstract
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The azooxanthellate soft coral Dendronephthya suensoni (Holem, 1895) is distributed mainly around Jejudo Island, Korea. This species was determined as gonochoric with a sex ratio of 2:1 (female:male). Both female and male colonies have one gametogenic cycle a year. The annual reproductive cycle of D. suensoni is dependent on the seawater temperature. In particular, reproduction of the male colony showed a higher positive correlation between seawater temperature and the mean diameter of the spermaries. Gametogenesis in females and males took 6 months and 12 months, respectively. The mean diameter of a mature oocyte was 249.29 ± 36.24 μm, with a maximum size of 354.45 μm. Spawning could have occurred in the fall after the seawater temperature began to decrease.
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KEYWORD
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sexual reproductive cycle, Dendronephthya suensoni, azooxanthellate soft coral, Anthozoa, Cnidaria
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