Fig. 1

Life stages of Crown-of-Thorn Starfish larvae. (a) fertilized egg; (b–d) cleavage stages; (e) blastula; (f) gastrula; (g) early bipinnaria; (h) mid-bipinnaria; (i) late bipinnaria; (j) early brachiolaria; (k) mid-brachiolaria; (l) late brachiolaria.