Moray Eel Reproduction
Many of us are quite familiar with how several species reproduce. However, not too many people are enlightened when it comes to moray eel reproduction. Below follows a basic explanation of how moray eels reproduce. Many of you will hopefully find moray reproduction to be quite interesting.
Moray eels are known to reproduce only when the ocean water is rather warm. The moray eel reproduction process begins when a male and a female moray eel position themselves in such a way that their sperm and egg can combine.
They typically achieve this by intertwining their bodies. Once the egg has been fertilized by the sperm, it is released into the open water.
Shortly after the fertilized egg makes contact with water, it begins to develop into a larvae. To develop into a larvae, the egg must crack. The new larvae attracts plankton and is subsequently capable of floating along the ocean.
Ocean currents carry the larvae far and wide until it finally settles at the bottom of a reef.
Moray eel eggs tend to drift for at least year before settling on a reef.
By the time the egg settles, it should be fully transformed into a baby eel.
Research has indicated that morays are hermaphroditic. If the moray eel in question is a
male at birth, but a female in later years, it is considered to be protandrous. On the other hand, some moray eels are considered to be synchronous. Synchronous eels have functioning male and female reproductive organs
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