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Direct observations of protandrous sex change in the patellid limpet Patella vulgata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2006

W.J.F. Le Quesne  and
S.J. Hawkins
W.J.F. Le Quesne
Affiliation:
Southampton Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO15 5FS, UK
S.J. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO16 7PX, UK
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Abstract

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Direct observations of sex change were made on Patella vulgata, which has long been considered a protandrous hermaphrodite based on indirect methods. Thirty per cent of the male limpets that were marked during the spawning season in 2003 were female when they were re-examined during the spawning season in 2004. This confirms that protandry does occur within the superfamily Patellidae.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 86 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 161 - 162
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2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom