@article{8dc477089d6d48789e527b2eb7e9e141,
title = "First comparative assessment of the reproductive cycle of three species of Chiton on a temperate rocky shore of the southeastern Pacific",
abstract = "The present study provides the first assessment of the reproductive cycle of three common and widespread species of the genus Chiton, sympatric in rocky shores of Coquimbo, northern Chile (~30°S): C. granosus, C. cumingsii, and C. magnificus. From specimens seasonally sampled during a 2-year period, a histological study was performed in order to describe the gonad structure and stages of gonadal development for each species. The morphological structure of the gonad was similar in the three species, with sexual cells developing from the gonad wall towards its center. The three species were gonochoric and iteroparous, with asynchronous gamete maturation at population level; in all seasons, sexual maturity was evident in small to large individuals of each species (≥25 mm in total length for C. cumingsii and C. granosus, and ≥47 mm for C. magnificus).",
keywords = "gonad development, histology, oogenesis, Polyplacophora, reproductive cycle, sexual maturity",
author = "Brito, {Mar{\'i}a J.} and Camus, {Patricio A.} and Torres, {Felipe I.} and Javier Sellanes and Ib{\'a}{\~n}ez, {Christian M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This study was funded by Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cient{\'i}fico y Tecnol{\'o}gico (Project FONDECYT 1130266 granted to C.M.I. and J.S.). Additional funding to J.S. and C.M.I. was provided by FONDECYT 1181153 grant. M.J. Brito thanks financial support from Programa de Mag{\'i}ster en Ecolog{\'i}a Marina, Universidad Cat{\'o}lica de la Sant{\'i}sima Concepci{\'o}n, Chile. We thank V{\'i}ctor Sanhueza, Ariel Rojas, Javier Araya and Germ{\'a}n Zapata‐Hern{\'a}ndez for their help with field and lab work. We are particularly grateful to Dr. Omar {\'A}vila‐Poveda for his valuable help with the identification of the developmental stages of chitons. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, The American Microscopical Society, Inc. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1111/ivb.12302",
language = "English",
volume = "139",
journal = "Invertebrate Biology",
issn = "1077-8306",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "4",
}