Reproductive biology of Echinometra lucunter (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in a northeast Brazilian sandstone reef
The edible sea urchin Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758) is a very common species on the sublittoral-midlittoral in Brazilian rocky shores. The aim of this work was to describe the gametogenesis and reproductive strategy of the E. lucunter population at Muro Alto beach in the Northeast coast of B...
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Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2009-03-01
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Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652009000100007 |