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Life History Patterns of Polychaete Species of the Family Spionidae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

H. Gudmundsson
H. Gudmundsson
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Department of Zoology, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne NEi 7RU
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The reproductive morphology and larval development in Spionidae has been dealt with extensively by Soderström (1920), Hannerz (1956), Orrhage (1964). Simon (1967), Blake (1969) and Rice (1980). The family shows a considerable variation in gamete morphology, modes of sperm transfer and types of larval development. One might also expect variability in features of the life history patterns, such as the life span, reproductive age, reproductive cycles and fecundity, both between and within species.

Previous population studies on spionids include the work on populations of Polydora ciliata (Johnston) (Dorsett, 1961); (Daro & Polk, 1973), on populations of Scolelepis squamata (Müller) (Joyner, 1962); (Richards, 1970), on a population of Scolecolepides viridis (Verrill) (George, 1966) and on a laboratory reared population of Malacoceros cf. fuliginosus (Guérin, 1973). The present paper is an attempt to analyse the patterns of life history as they appear in littoral populations of Spio martinensis Mesnil, Polydora ciliata (Johnston), Pygospio elegans Claparede and Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède) at localities in N. E. England. The main features considered here are the changes in the size (age) distributions, the annual cycles of reproduction, the output of offspring and population density changes.

The Spio species in the population at Black Middens, North Shields, which is referred to S. martinensis Mesnil (1896) in this paper, was previously referred to S. filicornis (Müller, 1776) by Brady (1943). This species is identical to Mesnil's species, both in morphology and with regard to known biological features, while S. filicornis differs from it morphologically and its distribution pattern (Hannerz, 1956; Rasmussen, 1973; Wolff, 1973, Gudmundsson, in preparation).

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , February 1985 , pp. 93 - 111
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1985

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