Seasonal and spatial variations in the distribution and abundance of Ophiothrix fragilis larvae (2-arm to 8-arm stages) were determined from a series of plankton net tows in the Dover Strait in 1995 and 1996. Ophioplutei appeared in the plankton between June and September. Larval population was constituted by ophioplutei from different spatio-temporal origins. A major fraction of the ophioplutei observed in the Dover Strait might come from a population localized southward.
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