- vitellogenesis).
Offspring that
depend on yolk in this
manner are said to be
lecithotrophic,
which literally means "feeding on yolk"; as
opposed to matrotrophy...
- both
lecithotrophic (non-feeding) and
planktotrophic (feeding), and is
followed by a
larval stage called the cyprid,
which is
always lecithotrophic. The...
-
These larvae used for
dispersal are
either planktotrophic (feeding) or
lecithotrophic (non-feeding). Some
larvae are
dependent on
adults to feed them. In...
- matrotrophic;
those in
which the
embryo is
supplied by yolk are said to be
lecithotrophic. In many species, such as all birds, and most
reptiles and insects,...
-
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...
-
acquire others horizontally).
There are four
types of larvae, but all are
lecithotrophic (non-feeding)
balls of
cells with an
outer layer of
cells whose flagella...
-
making it
unsuitable for
commercial exploitation.
Larval development is
lecithotrophic and
takes about 7 w****s at a
constant temperature of 9 °C (48 °F). Cédric...
-
without an
intervening larval stage. The
developing young are
called lecithotrophic because they
obtain their nutrition from the yolk as
opposed to "planktotrophic"...
- of London, pp 38–615 Fricke, H.W. & Frahm, J. (1992):
Evidence for
lecithotrophic viviparity in the
living coelacanth.
Naturwissenschaften no 79: pp....
- Many
species are ovoviviparous, the
young (skinklets)
developing lecithotrophically in eggs that
hatch inside the mother's
reproductive tract, and emerging...
