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planktotrophiclarva1 CONSTRUCTPlanktotrophic larvaTHORSON · MARINE BIOLOGY

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Marine biology

a larva of a bottom-living marine invertebrate that feeds on plankton during a long drifting stage before it settles.

In marine biology, planktotrophic larva refers to a larva of a bottom-living marine invertebrate that feeds on plankton during a long drifting stage before it settles. This meaning comes from Thorson (1950) in Biological Reviews.[1]

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  1. Thorson, G. (1950). Reproductive and larval ecology of marine bottom invertebrates. Biological Reviews, 25(1), 1-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.1950.tb00585.x

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