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. 2016 Dec 19;371(1710):20150417. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0417

Table 3.

Animals that exhibit dimorphic, mirror image early embryo forms during normal development. Concordant: chiral state of eight-cell embryo depends on chiral state of four-cell embryo.

taxon observed chirality
concordant? effect on juvenile phenoype source
4-cell 8-cell
Spiralia
 Mollusca- Gastropoda
  Basommatophora
   Lymnaea peregra (dextral) 100% sin 100% dex yes dextral shell [32]
   L. peregra (sinistral) 100% dex 100% sin yes sinistral shell [32]
   Lymnaea stagnalis (dextral) mostly sin 100% dex mostly dextral shell [74]
   L. stagnalis (sinistral) mostly dex 100% sin mostly sinistral shell [75]
 Mollusca- Bivalvia
  Heterodonta
   Dreissena polymorpha stochastic 80% sin no not evident [71]
   Cumingia tellinoides stochastic 100% dex no not evident [76]
   Pholas dactylus stochastic 100% dex no not evident [77]
   Spisula subtruncata stochastic 100% dex no not evident [77]
 Annelida- Polychaeta
   Platynereis dumerilii 10% sin 10% sin yes not evident [78]
Ecdysozoa
 Arthropoda- Crustacea
  Cladocera
   Holopedium gibberum ? stochastica ? not evident [79]b
   Daphnia pulex ? stochastica ? not evident [79]b
  Copepoda
   Cyclops viridis ? stochastica ? not evident [80]b
   Polyphemus pediculus ? stochastica ? not evident [80]b
  Amphipoda
   Parhyale hawaiensis stochastic stochastic yes not evident [81]
   Orchestia cavimana stochastic stochastic yes not evident [79]
   Cheirimedon femoratus stochastic stochastic yes not evident [82]
   Tryphosella kergueleni stochastic stochastic yes not evident [82]
  Euphausiacea
    (not identified) ? stochastica ? not evident [80]b
   Meganyctiphanes norvegica stochastic stochastic yes not evident [80]
  Decapoda
   Sicyonia ingentis 75% DII 50% DIIr no not evident [83]
   Penaeus vannamei 92% DII 64% DIIr partly not evident [83]
   Penaeus monodon stochastic stochastic yes not evident [84]

aAssumed, counts not cited.

bResults cited in tabled reference.