Hi Nicky,
Thank you for visiting my web page!
I do not study on the budding of Didemnidae. Although I can see many
didemnid species around our field, I'm ashamed to say that my knowledge
is only from papers and books. As you may already know, a mode of
budding characteristic to Didemnidae is pyloric budding (Berrill, 1950,
Tunicata with an account of the British species, p354. Ray Society,
London). And larval budding is also interesting. During their
metamorphosis, they already start asexual reproduction. Just after
the metamorphosis, there are already two individuals (Berrill, 1950;
Kitazawa, 1967, Asexual reproduction in Leptoclinum mitsukurii
(Ascidiae Compositae). Sci. Rep. Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, Sec. B, 13, 31-50).
I think Gretchen and Charlie have a much greater list of papers
about all fields of ascidian biology.
Many didemnid species seem to enjoy their life in the hot summer
of Kochi. I'm not sure about the seasonal physiological change in
the Didemnid species. I'm sorry about poor information.
Best wishes,
shigeki
Shigeki Fujiwara
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science
Kochi University
Kochi 780-8520
Japan
phone: 81-88-844-8317
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