Marine laboratory (OOB) n = 37, 16–22°C | Laboratory culturing system (IME) n = 17, 20–23°C | |||
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Metamorphosis state | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Period since clutch deposition until hatching as veliger or juvenile with shell [days] | 20.9 | 2.4 | 16.7 | 2.7 |
Metamorphosis from hatching into shell-less crawling juvenile [days] | 3.8 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
Total development time from clutch deposition to shell-less crawling juvenile [days] | 24.8 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 2.6 |