Reproduction of Sea Anemones and Other Hexacorals

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The data on different modes of reproduction in sea anemones and other hexacorals are reviewed. There are colonial and solitary individuals, gonochoric and hermaphroditic organisms among them. Hexacorals can reproduce sexually in an ordinary way or by parthenogenesis. Asexual reproduction occurs in various forms. Specific features of different variants of sexual and asexual reproduction and their combinations in Hexacorallia populations from different habitats of the World Ocean are discussed.

Keywords

Sea anemone Hexacoral Sexual reproduction Asexual reproduction Parthenogenesis 
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