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Eleutheroschisis is asexual reproduction in in which the parent organism completely sheds its theca (i.e. undergoes ecdysis) either before or immediately following cell division. Neither daughter cell inherits part of the parent theca.FENSOME R.A., TAYLOR F.J.R., NORRIS G., SARJEANT W.A.S., WHARTON D.I. & WILLIAMS G.L. 1993. A classification of living and fossil dinoflagellates. American Museum of Natural History, Micropaleontology, Special Publication 7: 1-351. In terms of asexual division of motile cells, desmoschisis is generally the case in gonyaulaceans whereas eleutheroschisis is generally the case in peridinialeans.
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