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Journal of Molluscan Studies 2008 74(2):103-109; doi:10.1093/mollus/eym051
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Malacological Society of London, all rights reserved

Embryonic and larval development of Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865) (Bivalvia: Pharidae)

Fiz Da Costa, Susana Darriba and Dorotea Martínez-Patiño

Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería de Pesca e Asuntos Marítimos, Xunta de Galicia, Apdo. 94, 27700 Ribadeo, Lugo, Spain

Correspondence: F. da Costa; e-mail: fiz{at}cimacoron.org


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The razor clam Ensis arcuatus (Jeffreys, 1865) is distributed from Norway to Spain and along the British coast, where it lives buried in sand in low intertidal and subtidal areas. This work is the first study to research the embryology and larval development of this species of razor clam, using light and scanning electron microscopy. A new method, consisting of changing water levels using tide simulations with brief dry periods, was developed to induce spawning in this species. The blastula was the first motile stage and in the gastrula stage the vitelline coat was lost. The shell field appeared in the late gastrula. The trochophore developed by about 19 h post-fertilization (hpf) (19°C). At 30 hpf the D-shaped larva showed a developed digestive system consisting of a mouth, a foregut, a digestive gland followed by an intestine and an anus. Larvae spontaneously settled after 20 days at a length of 378 µm.

(Received 5 December 2006; accepted 19 November 2007)


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