Developmental stages of chaetognaths in the coastal environs of Bombay

Abstract

Abundances of developmental stages-juveniles, developing and mature-of Sagitta bedoti, S. oceania, S. enflata and S. robusta were recorded from the coastal, estuarine and creek environs of Bombay (Maharashtra, India) from October 1985 to September 1986. It was seen from this study that all these species breed continuously in these environs, though periods of heavy spawning varies with each