Fig. 14.

The percent of hatching of neonates from wet and dried RE. RE were obtained from three different cultures and stored in the dark, in three separate glass vials with sea water (10 ppt) for 6–15 months. RE from each vial were distributed to 25 Petri plated (50 RE per plate). Five plates were placed in the light (time 0) and 20 other plates were dried for 1 day and the hatching of neonates was tested after 1, 14, 28, and 56 days. Plates that were tested on days 14, 28, and 56 were stored in the dark, at 24–26 °C. Bars on the top show statistically significant differences (p < 0.01) between hatching of wet RE (day 0) or RE dried for 1 day and RE after 28 days of dried storage. The differences between the RE from the three cultures were not statistically significant (p > 0.05).