Tab. 1

Early development of Platygyra carnosus"

Fig. 1

Morphology of early development of P. carnosusa) Fertilized egg; b) 2-cell stage; c) 4-cell stage; d) 16-cell stage; e) 32-cell stage; f) Morula stage; g) Early blastula stage; h) Middle blastula stage; i) Later blastula stage; j) Early gastrula stage; k) Middle gastrula stage; l) Later gastrula stage; m) The end of gastrula stage; n) Early planula phase stage; o) Middle planula phase stage; p) Later planula phase stage; q) The end of planula phase stage;"

Fig. 2

Morphology of early development of P. carnosus. a) The 16-cell stage,, cell divisions did not appear particularly orderly,, and a blastocoel (bl) became apparent; b) Early blastula stage: a pseudo-blastopore was formed. It is marked by a "+" in this and subsequent panels; c) Middle blastula stage: the embryo had a cushion shape; d) Later blastula stage: the embryo resumed a spherical shape, and the pseudo-blastopore gradually disappeared; e) Early gastrula stage: two separate pores appeared at the surface of the embryo. They are marked by asterisks in this and subsequent panels; f) At a slightly older stage, two pores expanded and grew together until ultimately a single blastopore was formed; g) The end of gastrula stage: the embryo slightly elongated, and closure of the blastopore was nearly completed; h) Planula phase stage: there was differentiated ectoderm (ec) on the outside of the larva, separated from the internal endoderm (en) by a thin layer of mesogloea (mes)."