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Ovoviviparous animals develop within eggs that remain within the mother up until they hatch or are about to. This strategy of reproduction is known as ovoviviparity. It is similar to viviparity in that the young are provided with a sheltered environment. However, the young are nourished by the egg yolk rather than the mother's body. Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... An average Whooping Crane egg is 102 mm long, and weighs 208 grams A baby tortoise emerges from a reptile egg. ... Reproduction is perhaps most commonly used in the context of biological reproduction and sex: Sexual reproduction is a biological process by which organisms create descendants through the combination of genetic material. ... A viviparous animal is an animal employing vivipary, a method of reproduction in which the embryo develops inside the body of the mother from which it gains nourishment, and not from an egg. ...


Ovoviviparity is employed by many fish, sharks, reptiles, and invertebrates. The young of ovoviviparous amphibians are born as larvae, and undergo metamorphosis outside the body of the mother. Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world. ... Orders See Classification and Shark taxonomy Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the eye and called... Orders  Crocodylia - Crocodilians  Rhynchocephalia - Tuataras  Squamata   Suborder Sauria - Lizards   Suborder Serpentes - Snakes Testudines - Turtles Superorder Dinosauria  Saurischia  Ornithischia The reptiles are a group of vertebrate animals. ... Invertebrate is a term coined by Chevalier de Lamarck to describe any animal without a backbone or vertebra, like insects, squids and worms. ... For other uses, see Amphibian (disambiguation). ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Metamorphosis in biology is physical development of the individual after birth or hatching involving significant change in form as well as growth and differentiation. ...


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Ovoviviparous animals develop within eggs that remain within the mother's body up until they hatch or are about to hatch.
Ovoviviparous is the term used for reptiles that seem to give live birth.
Most sharks are ovoviviparous, hatching the eggs within the female and bearing live young.
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Ovoviviparous reproduction: After fertilization the eggs are not surrounded by a shell but instead immediately develop further into naupliae in the broodpouch of the female.
In one batch of eggs produced in a female all eggs are either cysts or ovoviviparous eggs.
Per batch or reproductive cycle 50–200 cysts or naupliae are produced but in oviparous reproduction the number of offspring is generally lower than in ovoviviparous reproduction.
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