Many benthic marine invertebrates develop by means of free-living, dispersive larval stages.
The presumed advantages of such larvae include the avoidance of competition for …

The mode of development in marine invertebrates is believed to have consequences for
dispersal, gene flow, geographic range, and speciation and extinction rates. The factors …

Evolutionary transitions between different modes of development in marine invertebrates are
thought to be biased toward the loss of feeding larvae. Because the morphology of feeding …

In the marine gastropod Crepidula dilatata Lamarck, egg capsule height and width, the
weight of the capsule wall, and the number of eggs per capsule increased with the female's …

The reproduction of Crepidula fornicata was studied in the Bay of Brest in order to
characterise the first step of the reproductive cycle of this invasive species. The survey was …

Faced with environmental stress, the females of many marine invertebrate species can
isolate their brood chambers from the external environment for prolonged periods. Although …

Most taxa of aquatic invertebrates exhibit (1) strong variation in number and size of offspring,
and (2) an association between adult size and mode of development, and also between …

Intracapsular development is common in marine gastropods. In many species, embryos
develop alongside nurse eggs, which provide nutrition during ontogeny. The common whelk …

Walls of egg capsules of the gastropod Crepidula fecunda Gallardo, 1979 were examined at
different developmental stages during the period of intracapsular development of embryos …

During their reproductive period, females of Crepipatella dilatata deposit their embryos in
capsules that they then brood in the pallial cavity until juveniles emerge several weeks later …