Abstract

Diastylis sculpta was collected from shallow water (1–15 m) in Passamaquoddy Bay over a 26-month period. D. sculpta produces a rapidly growing and developing summer generation between two successive winter generations. The overwintering generation releases young in mid-July and late August. The summer generation releases young in November. The mean fecundity of the summer-gravid females (78.4) is much greater than the mean fecundity (20.0) of the fall-gravid females. The maximum life-span is 5 months and 12 months for members of the summer and winter generations respectively.

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