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Life cycle of Zoothamnium niveum. Scanning electron microscopy of the different stages of development. The dispersive stage, the swarmer, is released from the colony and settles to grow a new colony. The new colony initially consists of a single cell, the terminal zooid, which divides to grow a whole colony. After a growing phase the adult colony enter a senescence stage. Not in scale.
