Natural history. Arrowworms are protandric ( i.e., ma....

Arrowworms are protandric ( i.e., male gonads mature earlier than female gonads). In Pterosagitta, eggs are laid in a capsule; in Sagitta, eggs are discharged into the surrounding water one at a time in several cycles; and in Spadella, eggs have an adhesive coat and a stalk and attach to any surface. Arrowworms are voracious feeders; they consume copepods, euphausiids, fish larvae, medusae, other arrowworms, cladocerans, amphipods, appendicularias, and eggs and larvae of various animals.