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The development of Haliplanella lineata, following fertilization in the laboratory, was studied by light and electron microscopy. Spawned ova were spherical, magenta in color and about 120–150 μm in diameter. Cleavage was holoblastic and radial. Gastrulation occurred by immigration and invagination. Eighteen hours after fertilization, the embryo became a swimming planula larva with an apical organ and ciliary tuft at the aboral end. In the laboratory, planulae lived for about 2 weeks in the swimming state but in no case was there any settlement by larvae in this study. The structural study of planulae concentrated on the development of the aboral ectoderm, because of the functional significance of its cellular organization in larval settlement.
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Fukui, Y. (1991). Embryonic and larval development of the sea anemone Haliplanella lineata from Japan. In: Williams, R.B., Cornelius, P.F.S., Hughes, R.G., Robson, E.A. (eds) Coelenterate Biology: Recent Research on Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3240-4_19
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