EGG CHARACTERISTICS AND BREEDING SEASON FOR WOODS HOLE SPECIES: PHYLOGENETIC KEY*
*Based on Costello and Henley (1971); species for which most data have been obtained from other sources are numbered in red. Wherever possible, modern genus and species names are given, followed by the older name in [brackets].
To data, in alphabetical listing by genus --> (Table 1)
- Porifera
- Mycale fibrexilis
- Coelenterata (or Cnidaria)
- Hydrozoa:
- Bougainvillia sp.
- Campanularia flexuosa
- Clava multicornis [Clava leptostyla]
- Ectopleura crocea [Tubularia crocea]
- Eudendrium ramosum
- Eutima mira
- Gonionemus murbachii
- Gonothyrea loveni
- Hydractinia echinata
- Obelia sp
- Pennaria tiarella
- Podocoryne carnea
- Turritopsis nutricula
- Scyphozoa:
- Aurelia aurita
- Cyanea capillata
- Anthozoa:
- Metridium dianthus
- Ctenophora
- Mnemiopsis leidyi
- Platyhelminthes
- Hoploplana inquilina
- Polychoerus caudatus
- Nemertea
- Cerebratulus lacteus
- Kamptozoa
- Barentsia laxa
- Pedicellina cernua
- Ectoprocta
- Bugula sp
- Crisia eburnea
- Electra pilosa
- Sipuncula
- Phascolopsis gouldii [Phascolosoma gouldi]
- Annelida
Polychaeta:
- Amphitrite ornata
- Arenicola cristata
- Chaetopterus variopedatus [Chaetopterus pergamentaceus]
- Cirratulus cirratus [Cirratulis grandis]
- Clymenella torquata
- Diopatra cuprea
- Harmothoe imbricata
- Hydroides dianthus [Hydroides hexagonus]
- Lepidonotus squamatus
- Neanthes succinea [Nereis limbata]
- Pectinaria gouldi [Cistenides gouldi]
- Platynereis dumerilii [Platynereis megalops]
- Podarke obscura
- Sabellaria vulgaris
- Sthenelais boa [Sthenelais leidyi]
- Mollusca
- Amphineura:
- Chaetopleura apiculata
- Bivalvia:
- Argopecten irradians [Pecten irradians]
- Crassostrea virginica
- Cumingia tellinoides
- Ensis directus
- Mercenaria mercenaria [Venus mercenaria]
- Mya arenaria
- Mytilus edulis
- Nucula proxima [Nucula proxima truncula]
- Pitar morrhuanus [Callocardia convexa]
- Spisula solidissima [Mactra solidissima]
- Teredo navalis
- Yoldia limatula
- Gastropoda:
- Busycon sp
- Crepidula sp
- Haminoea solitaria
- Ilyanassa obsoleta
- Lacuna vincta
- Littorina obtusata
- Nucella lapillus [Thais lapillus]
- Urosalpinx cinerea
- Cephalopoda:
- Loligo pealii
- Arthropoda
- Crustacea:
- Balanus eburneus
- Emerita talpoida
- Lepas anatifera
- Libinia emarginata
- Xiphosurida:
- Limulus polyphemus
- Echinodermata
- Asteroidea:
- Asterias spp
- Henricia sanguinolenta
- Ophiuroidea:
- Axiognathus squamatus [Amphipholis squamata]
- Ophioderma brevispina
- Ophiopholis aculeata
- Echinoidea:
- Arbacia punctulata
- Echinarachnius parma
- Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis
- Holothuroidea:
- Leptosynapta sp.
- Thyone briareus
- Hemichordata
Enteropneusta:
- Saccoglossus kowalewskii
- Chordata
- Urochordata, Ascidiaceae:
- Aplidium constellatum [Amaroucium constellatum]
- Botryllus schlosseri
- Ciona intestinalis
- Molgula citrina
- Molgula manhattensis
- Perophora viridis
- Styela canopus [Styela partita]
- Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes:
- Raja sp
- Vertebrata, Osteichthyes:
- Cyprinodon variegatus
- Fundulus sp
- Menidia sp
- Opsanus tau
- Scomber scombrus
- Stenotomus chrysops
- Strongylura marinus
- Syngnathus fuscus
- Tautogolabrus adspersus
Citation for entries, unless otherwise noted:
Costello, D.P., and C. Henley (1971). Methods for obtaining and handling marine eggs and embryos. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. (Second Edition; earlier edition was by Costello, D.P., M.E. Davidson, A. Eggers, M.H. Fox, and C. Henley, 1957).