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Science 8 June 1984:
Vol. 224. no. 4653, pp. 1097 - 1099
DOI: 10.1126/science.224.4653.1097
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Growth Stasis and Limited Shell Calcification in Larvae of Cymatium parthenopeum During Trans-Atlantic Transport

JAN A. PECHENIK 1, RUDOLF S. SCHELTEMA 2, and LINDA S. EYSTER 3

1 Biology Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155
2 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
3 Marine Science and Maritime Studies Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts 01908

Larvae of the shallow-water marine gastropod Cymatium parthenopeum show no appreciable shell calcification and no demonstrable growth as they disperse across the Atlantic Ocean. Evidence of what appears to be physiological specialization for prolonged delay of metamorphosis was found in larvae of this prosobranch gastropod.

Submitted on September 26, 1983
Accepted on March 7, 1984


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