Hendersonia occulta - BIO210
Reproduction
Hendersonia occulta is unique in the way that it is a monoecious species; each individual is either male or female. (Lee, 2001)
The female has an ovary where the eggs are kept until they are ready to be fertilized, and converge into an egg sac. From there, the egg develops into an oocyte and then travels to a specialized "fertilization chamber", and after that, into a copulatory chamber where sperm is received. After copulation, the fertilized eggs travel to the uterus, where they are deposited in damp areas until the eggs hatch. (Baker, 1925)