Traits:Larva

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Larva

Larva: An independent, motile, developmental stage of an organism, that differs in morphology and ecology from the juvenile or adult stage, and undergoes a metamorphosis to become the juvenile or adult (adapted from Ruppert & Barnes, 1994; Barnes et al., 2006).

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Has Values:

• [[Larva|Larva]]
  • [[Actinula|Actinula]]
  • [[Amphiblastula|Amphiblastula]]
  • [[AscidianTadpole|Ascidian tadpole]]
  • [[Auricularia|Auricularia]]
  • [[Bipinnaria|Bipinnaria]]
  • [[Brachioloaria|Brachiolaria]]
  • [[Conaria|Conaria]]
  • [[Copepodid|Copepodid (copepodite)]]
  • [[Coronate|Coronate]]
  • [[Cydippid|Cydippid]]
  • [[Cyphonautes|Cyphonautes]]
  • [[Cypris|Cyprid (cypris)]]
  • [[Doliolaria|Doliolaria]]
  • [[Echinopluteus|Echinopluteus]]
  • [[Ephyra|Ephyra]]
  • [[Glochidium|Glochidium]]
  • [[GoettesLarva|Goette's larva]]
  • [[Megalopa|Megalopa]]
  • [[Metanauplius|Metanauplius]]
  • [[Mitraria|Mitraria]]
  • [[MullersLarva|Muller's larva]]
  • [[Nauplius|Nauplius]]
  • [[Nectochaeta|Nectochaeta]]
  • [[Ophiopluteus|Ophiopluteus]]
  • [[Parenchymella|Parenchymella]]
  • [[Pediveliger|Pediveliger]]
  • [[Pelagosphaera|Pelagosphaera]]
  • [[Pilidium|Pilidium]]
  • [[Planula|Planula]]
  • [[Protonymphon|Protonymphon]]
  • [[Protozoea|Protozoea]]
  • [[Rataria|Rataria]]
  • [[Veliger|Veliger]]
  • [[Zoea|Zoea]]

References: 

• Barnes R.S.K., Calow P., Olive P.J.W., Golding, D.W, and Spicer, J.I. 2006. The invertebrates: a new synthesis, Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd., Ruppert, E.E. & Barnes, R.D., 1994. Invertebrate zoology (6th ed.). Fort Worth, USA: Saunders College Publishing.

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