Zigzag scallops are a hermaphroditic species which reproduces through broadcast spawning.

However, there are other hermaphroditic species where both partners try to be inseminated rather than to inseminate.

Hermats An hermaphroditic species, i.e., one that possesses fully functional gender organs of both male and female sexes.

This is opposed to hermaphroditic species, or more correctly, monoecious species, in which on one individual both male and female reproductive organs are present.

Novisuccinea chittenangoensis is a hermaphroditic species, and its mating season is from May through July.

In many hermaphroditic species, the close physical proximity of anthers and stigma makes interference unavoidable, either within a flower or between flowers on an inflorescence.

It is sometimes also used to describe reproduction modes in hermaphroditic species which can self-fertilize.

In some hermaphroditic species, the adaptation is thought to help insure reproductive success when other members of the species are few and far between.