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      • larva, stage in the development of many animals, occurring after birth or hatching and before the adult form is reached. These immature, active forms are structurally different from the adults and are adapted to a different environment.
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  2. Sep 2, 2024 · Larva, stage in the development of many animals, occurring after birth or hatching and before the adult form is reached. These immature, active forms are structurally different from the adults and are adapted to a different environment. In some species the larva is free-living and the adult is an.

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      The word larva is applied to the young of certain animals...

  3. Larvae are those animals “born in a condition differing to a greater or less extent from the adult” (Balfour, 1880, p. 381, and see the epigraph for this chapter).

  4. Larvae often constitute the stage of life that is used for feeding or dispersal. In many species, the larval stage is the one that lasts the longest, and the adult is a brief stage solely for reproduction. In the silkworm moths, for instance, the adults do not have mouthparts and cannot feed.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › LarvaLarva - Wikipedia

    A larva (/ ˈlɑːrvə /; pl.: larvae / ˈlɑːrviː /) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle.

    Animal
    Name Of Larvae
    Porifera (sponges)
    coeloblastula (= blastula, ...
    Wagener's larva
    infusoriform larva
    planula (= stereogastrula), actinula
  6. The word larva is applied to the young of certain animals that must undergo great physical changes before they become adults. A young frog hatches from the egg as a water-living tadpole and gradually becomes transformed into the air-breathing adult.

  7. Animal development - Larval, Metamorphosis, Growth: The organism emerging from the egg or from the maternal body, apart from being incompletely developed, may have an organization more or less different from that of an adult.

  8. Nov 22, 2014 · In the majority of animals, development occurs in the so called indirect fashion: embryogenesis results in a first phenotype, the larva. An example is the sea urchin, which can be taken as prototype of animal developments (Fig. 4.2).