Patiriella parvivipara
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Patiriella parvivipara is an Australian species of sea star
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It is of very small size (measuring up to 1 cm) and yellow-orange colour. It is self-fertilizing hermaphrodite
and incubates its young in the gonad
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Sea star
Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "starfish" and "sea star" essentially refer to members of the class Asteroidea...
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It is of very small size (measuring up to 1 cm) and yellow-orange colour. It is self-fertilizing hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite
In biology, a hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes.Many taxonomic groups of animals do not have separate sexes. In these groups, hermaphroditism is a normal condition, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which both...
and incubates its young in the gonad
Gonad
The gonad is the organ that makes gametes. The gonads in males are the testes and the gonads in females are the ovaries. The product, gametes, are haploid germ cells. For example, spermatozoon and egg cells are gametes...
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