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].


Porifera Coelenterata Ctenophora Platyhelminthes Nemertea
Kamptozoa Ectoprocta Sipuncula Annelida Mollusca
Arthropoda Echinodermata Hemichordata Urochordata Chordata

To data, in alphabetical listing by genus --> (Table 1)

     
  1. Porifera
    1. Mycale fibrexilis

     

  2. Coelenterata (or Cnidaria)
    1. Hydrozoa:
      1. Bougainvillia sp.
      2. Campanularia flexuosa
      3. Clava multicornis [Clava leptostyla]
      4. Ectopleura crocea [Tubularia crocea]
      5. Eudendrium ramosum
      6. Eutima mira
      7. Gonionemus murbachii
      8. Gonothyrea loveni
      9. Hydractinia echinata
      10. Obelia sp
      11. Pennaria tiarella
      12. Podocoryne carnea
      13. Turritopsis nutricula
    2. Scyphozoa:
      1. Aurelia aurita
      2. Cyanea capillata
    3. Anthozoa:
      1. Metridium dianthus

     

  3. Ctenophora
    1. Mnemiopsis leidyi

     

  4. Platyhelminthes
    1. Hoploplana inquilina
    2. Polychoerus caudatus

     

  5. Nemertea
    1. Cerebratulus lacteus

     

  6. Kamptozoa
    1. Barentsia laxa
    2. Pedicellina cernua

     

  7. Ectoprocta
    1. Bugula sp
    2. Crisia eburnea
    3. Electra pilosa

     

  8. Sipuncula
    1. Phascolopsis gouldii [Phascolosoma gouldi]

     

  9. Annelida
      Polychaeta:
      1. Amphitrite ornata
      2. Arenicola cristata
      3. Chaetopterus variopedatus [Chaetopterus pergamentaceus]
      4. Cirratulus cirratus [Cirratulis grandis]
      5. Clymenella torquata
      6. Diopatra cuprea
      7. Harmothoe imbricata
      8. Hydroides dianthus [Hydroides hexagonus]
      9. Lepidonotus squamatus
      10. Neanthes succinea [Nereis limbata]
      11. Pectinaria gouldi [Cistenides gouldi]
      12. Platynereis dumerilii [Platynereis megalops]
      13. Podarke obscura
      14. Sabellaria vulgaris
      15. Sthenelais boa [Sthenelais leidyi]

     

  10. Mollusca
    1. Amphineura:
      1. Chaetopleura apiculata
    2. Bivalvia:
      1. Argopecten irradians [Pecten irradians]
      2. Crassostrea virginica
      3. Cumingia tellinoides
      4. Ensis directus
      5. Mercenaria mercenaria [Venus mercenaria]
      6. Mya arenaria
      7. Mytilus edulis
      8. Nucula proxima [Nucula proxima truncula]
      9. Pitar morrhuanus [Callocardia convexa]
      10. Spisula solidissima [Mactra solidissima]
      11. Teredo navalis
      12. Yoldia limatula
    3. Gastropoda:
      1. Busycon sp
      2. Crepidula sp
      3. Haminoea solitaria
      4. Ilyanassa obsoleta
      5. Lacuna vincta
      6. Littorina obtusata
      7. Nucella lapillus [Thais lapillus]
      8. Urosalpinx cinerea
    4. Cephalopoda:
      1. Loligo pealii

     

  11. Arthropoda
    1. Crustacea:
      1. Balanus eburneus
      2. Emerita talpoida
      3. Lepas anatifera
      4. Libinia emarginata
    2. Xiphosurida:
      1. Limulus polyphemus

     

  12. Echinodermata
    1. Asteroidea:
      1. Asterias spp
      2. Henricia sanguinolenta
    2. Ophiuroidea:
      1. Axiognathus squamatus [Amphipholis squamata]
      2. Ophioderma brevispina
      3. Ophiopholis aculeata
    3. Echinoidea:
      1. Arbacia punctulata
      2. Echinarachnius parma
      3. Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis
    4. Holothuroidea:
      1. Leptosynapta sp.
      2. Thyone briareus

     

  13. Hemichordata
      Enteropneusta:
      1. Saccoglossus kowalewskii

     

  14. Chordata
    1. Urochordata, Ascidiaceae:
      1. Aplidium constellatum [Amaroucium constellatum]
      2. Botryllus schlosseri
      3. Ciona intestinalis
      4. Molgula citrina
      5. Molgula manhattensis
      6. Perophora viridis
      7. Styela canopus [Styela partita]

    2. Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes:
      1. Raja sp

    3. Vertebrata, Osteichthyes:
      1. Cyprinodon variegatus
      2. Fundulus sp
      3. Menidia sp
      4. Opsanus tau
      5. Scomber scombrus
      6. Stenotomus chrysops
      7. Strongylura marinus
      8. Syngnathus fuscus
      9. 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).