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Definition of Fissiparism

Fissiparism
Fissiparism Fis*sip"a*rism, n. [See Fissiparous.] (Biol.) Reproduction by spontaneous fission.

Meaning of Fissiparism from wikipedia

- to form new anemones. In echinoderms, the process is usually known as fissiparity (a term also used infrequently for biological fission in general). Some...
- organism. In echinoderms, this method of reproduction is usually known as fissiparity. Due to many environmental and epigenetic differences, clones originating...
- only a select few sea star species are able to reproduce in these ways. Fissiparity in the starfish family Asteriidae is confined to the genera Coscinasterias...
- in size (D. abnormalis: radius 38 mm (1.5 in). Reproduction through fissiparity is not known to occur. D. longispina might have pedicellariae. There...
- organism. In echinoderms, this method of reproduction is usually known as fissiparity. Any splitting of a single po****tion of individuals into discrete parts...
- stars, such as the six-armed members of the family Ophiactidae, exhibit fissiparity (division through fission), with the disk splitting in half. Regrowth...
- pariō par- -per- peper- part- -pert- antepartum, biparous, deiparous, fissiparity, multiparous, nonparental, nullipara, nulliparity, nulliparous, oviparity...
- many w****s without food. Coscinasterias calamaria mainly reproduces by fissiparity (self division) by tearing itself in two pieces across the disc. It is...
- autotomy and budding. A less commonly used form of a****ual reproduction is fissiparity, reproduction via the division of the disk. This phenomenon is observed...
- If the seastar is ripped apart, each arm can grow into a new animal (fissiparity) if a part of the main disk is attached. This is not entirely uncommon...