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Invertebrate EmbryologyMonday, June 17, 2013. The life cycle of the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida. Coos Bay is home to two different species of oysters: Crassostrea gigas. A large species (typically up to 20 cm in shell height) which is native to Japan but reared commercially all over the world, and Ostrea lurida. Is a broadcast spawner whose eggs are fertilized externally, while functionally-female O. lurida. Adults filter sperm from the water column and fertilize their eggs internally. While C. gigas. Veligers swim and feed ...
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