Monday, 16 January 2012

Balanoglossus-Reproductive system

Asexual reroduction-Asexual reproduction is rare in enteropneusts. Gilchrist(1923) has described it in one species, Balanoglossus capensis, which lacks heatic caeca. During summer the young worms (juveniles) cut off small iecies from tail end, each regenerating into a comlete sexual adult in winter.

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