In contrast, C. capitata can produce planktonic larvae if there is a need to discover new habitats.
Others produce larvae that have little yolk but swim and feed for a few days before settling.
However, some captive pairs prepare carcasses but fail to produce larvae.
The fertilised eggs develop within the tubes, and hatch to produce small ciliated worm-like larvae.
She may produce larvae for as long as 10 months.
The environmental factors which produce arrested larvae in subtropical zones are not yet known.
Thirty to 34 hours after the cysts were originally ingested, the adults mate, and within five days produce larvae.
The fish is oviparous, producing pelagic eggs and larvae.
There are variations in the details: sometimes a little complex of heterozooids produce larvae in a cooperative effort.
This species is unusual in that in produces lecithotrophic larvae which hatch as large pediveligers.