S-ROTIFERS
Brachionus rotundiformis S-type rotifers are cyclical parthenogens , alternating between asexual and sexual reproduction whiich allows them to rapidly colonize an environment given favorable environmental conditions.
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S-type rotifers are cyclical parthenogens (meaning they alternate between asexual and sexual reproduction. Parthenogenesis allows them to rapidly colonize an environment given favorable environmental conditions. Brachionus rotundiformis been used with great success in the larval culture of more than 60 species of marine finfish and 18 varieties of crustaceans.
Under our culture conditions at Reed Mariculture, our S-Rotifers are about 85 µm when they first hatch, and grow to a maximum of about 150 µm. They average about 40% of the biomass of our L-Rotifers.
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