They seem to exhibit partial protandric sex reversal in that smaller individuals are mostly males but females predominate among larger individuals.
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As a protandric hermaphrodite, the sand steenbras starts its adult life as a male and later changes its sex to female.
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The gametophyte is protandric ( a hermaphrodite, first antheridia are developed that give antherozoids, and then the archegonia that gives the oospheres ).
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Based on observed colour changes, it is generally considered a protandric hermaphrodite ( first male, then changing sex to female ), although this has yet to be confirmed.
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They are filter feeders, gathering zooplankton, phytoplankton, and detritus particles from the water and transporting them to their mouths with the protandric hermaphrodites, changing sex from males to females.
