- vitellogenesis).
Offspring that
depend on yolk in this
manner are said to be
lecithotrophic,
which literally means "feeding on yolk"; as
opposed to matrotrophy...
- Many
species are ovoviviparous, the
young (skinklets)
developing lecithotrophically in eggs that
hatch inside the mother's
reproductive tract, and emerging...
-
These larvae used for
dispersal are
either planktotrophic (feeding) or
lecithotrophic (non-feeding). Some
larvae are
dependent on
adults to feed them. In...
-
without an
intervening larval stage. The
developing young are
called lecithotrophic because they
obtain their nutrition from the yolk as
opposed to "planktotrophic"...
-
whereas at high
latitudes such
organisms tend to
produce fewer and
larger lecithotrophic (yolk-feeding) eggs and
larger offspring.
Pelagic fish live in the water...
- both
lecithotrophic (non-feeding) and
planktotrophic (feeding), and is
followed by a
larval stage called the cyprid,
which is
always lecithotrophic. The...
- of London, pp 38–615 Fricke, H.W. & Frahm, J. (1992):
Evidence for
lecithotrophic viviparity in the
living coelacanth.
Naturwissenschaften no 79: pp....
-
larvae of
articulate species (Craniiformea and Rhynchonelliformea) are
lecithotrophic (non-feeding) and live only on yolk, and
remain among the
plankton for...
-
disuse of
ovoviviparity in
favour of the more
specific definitions of
lecithotrophic and
matrotrophic oviparity and viviparity. Lodé
Thierry T. 2012. Oviparity...
- are
unable to feed
themselves (
lecithotrophic),
while those of
Anthozoa show more
variation and can be both
lecithotrophic,
parasitic or feed on plankton...
