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Leptosynapta inhaerens (O. F. Müller 1776)

Breeding Season

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Care of Adults

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Cleavage

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Later Stages of Development and Metamorphosis

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Later Stages of Development and Metamorphosis

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References

  • Clark, H. L., 1899. The Synaptas of the New England coast. Bull. U. S. Burl Fish., 19: 21-31.
  • Clark H. L., 1907. The apodous holothurians. A monograph of the Synaptidae and the Molpadiidae. Smithsonian Contr. to Knowledge, 35: no. 1723 pp. 1-231.
  • Costello, D. P., 1946. The swimming of Leptosynapta. Biol. Bull., 90: 93-96.
  • Runnström, S., 1927. Über die Entwicklung von Leptosynapta inhaerens (O. Fr. Müller). Bergens Mus. Arb., 1927, Naturv. rekke, Nr. 1, pp. 1-80.

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C. Henley

Living Material

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Preparation of Cultures

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Procuring Gametes

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Rate of Development

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The Unfertilized Ovum

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Distribution

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Lives from shore to 200 meters depth

Size

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Leptosynapta inhaerens measures 10 to 30 cm long and 5 to 10 mm thick. It possesses 12 pinnate tentacles with 5 to 7 pairs of side branches each and is whitish in color.

Leptosynapta inhaerens

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Leptosynapta inhaerens[1] is a marine species of sea cucumber that lives buried in the sand on shores.

Description

This species of holothurian is pink, with a slender and soft body. It can reach 30 cm long.[2] Its body is sticky, hence its species name inhaerens .

Distribution

It can be found on the south and west coasts of Britain, and between Norway and Brittany.[2]

Habitat

L. inhaerens lives buried in sand or mud on the lower shore.[2]

Ecology

This species is psammivorous, which means it digests organic matter from the sand.[2]

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Leptosynapta inhaerens: Brief Summary

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Leptosynapta inhaerens is a marine species of sea cucumber that lives buried in the sand on shores.

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Breeding

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Doliolaria larva. Spring

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7. Blue Planet Biomes (May, 2009) http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/andean_condor.htm

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Distribution

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Maine to South Carolina and Bermuda

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Distribution

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Low on shore and sublittoral, in sand, sandy mud, lower depth limit uncertain because of sonfusion with Leptosynapta bergensis; western coasts from Devon to Shetland; North Sea records are unsatisfactory because of confusion with L.bergensis

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