Reproduction of Crepipatella dilatata
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Main Ref. Häussermann, V. and G. Försterra, 2009
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Fertilization
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Description of life cycle and mating behavior This is a hermaphrotic species. Egg masses are composed of 29 egg capsules, each one containing up to 721 eggs, and are retained beneath the female shell. Only a few of the eggs develop and the others serve as nutritional eggs (Ref. 87801). It displays poecilogonony as its reproductive strategy (Ref. 99837).
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