Jul 3, 2019 #1 Mark Novack Well-Known Member View Badges Joined Nov 27, 2018 Messages 700 Reaction score 705 Location Belgium Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Is this how they procreate? The stars, they've been doing this for several days.
Jul 3, 2019 #2 Silver14SS Valuable Member View Badges Joined Apr 8, 2017 Messages 2,383 Reaction score 4,368 Location NC Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Google search says it might be pseudocopulation. Looks like stars either broadcast spawn or grow from pieces of an existing star. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittle_star "Fertilisation is external in most species, with the gametes being shed into the surrounding water through the bursal sacs."
Google search says it might be pseudocopulation. Looks like stars either broadcast spawn or grow from pieces of an existing star. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittle_star "Fertilisation is external in most species, with the gametes being shed into the surrounding water through the bursal sacs."
Jul 4, 2019 #3 OP OP Mark Novack Well-Known Member View Badges Joined Nov 27, 2018 Messages 700 Reaction score 705 Location Belgium Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Well, whatever was going on is completed. 5 days they stayed together. Maybe I'll be a grandpa?
Jul 6, 2019 #4 OP OP Mark Novack Well-Known Member View Badges Joined Nov 27, 2018 Messages 700 Reaction score 705 Location Belgium Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Nope, it was an illusion. They are still locked together. They are supposed to concentrate on cleaning, not whatever they are doing. Bad Astropecten. Bad stars.
Nope, it was an illusion. They are still locked together. They are supposed to concentrate on cleaning, not whatever they are doing. Bad Astropecten. Bad stars.