The Miryanida polychaete are a group of very curious sea worms with a surprising way of reproduction: juveniles living on the bottom become male or female "stolons" through an extraordinary form of asexual budding. Stolons are active swimmers and leave the bottom to enter the water column where reproduction occurs. Mature planktonic female stolons carry their eggs in a ventral pouch, which bursts to release free - swimming young which return to the bottom and close the cycle. The images are from two different individuals, the lateral view is one female with the eggs less developed than the second, where you may appreciate them better with the ventral and dorsal views. The three of them are stacks, at 10X using a Nikon BD - plan 10x and a Sony nex 6 camera. Wishing you may like them and find them interesting. Best regards.
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Marine plankton: Miryanida polychaete carrying eggs
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