Abstract
Matured brood stock of Pinctada radiata were collected from Afamia region in Lattakia coast. Three sets of spawning and larval rearing experiments were conducted during the period from July - October 2016 and the pearl oysters were successfully spawned at average temperature 31.5 ± 0.26 °C. After about 60 min, oocytes presented no germinal vesicle, rounded and measured 47.5-55 μm with an average of 50 ± 3.95 μm in diameter. Early stages of embryonic development were recorded and the polar body was observed 15 min after fertilization, trefoil stage at 1 h and 30 min, morula at 3 h and 30 min, blastula at 4 h and 50 min, gastrula at 6 h, trochophore larva at 8 h and veliger larva at 20 h. Veliger larva dimensions were 61.88 ± 3.82 μm for average length along the antero-posterior axis and 51.26 ± 5.14 μm for height along the dorso-ventral axis.
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