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brood pouch [′brüd ‚pau̇ch]
(vertebrate zoology) A pouch of an animal body where eggs or embryos undergo certain stages of development. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Her eggs are deposited in his brood pouch, where he hangs onto them for two to four weeks until they hatch. With seahorses, during mating, the female inserts her eggs into a brood pouch in the male, who fertilises and incubates the eggs, which hatch several weeks later as tiny seahorse fry. Seahorses are asynchronous, indeterminate multiple spawners that provide obligate paternal care in a sealed brood pouch (Boisseau, 1967; Wallace and Selman, 1981). |
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