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Planula

noun
(pl. planulae)
1.
The flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates.






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... process of yelk-division, and which is termed a morula, diverge from one another in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which they dispose themselves as a coat or envelope; and thus the morula becomes a vesicle filled with fluid, the planula. The wall of the planula is next pushed in on one side, or invaginated, whereby it is converted into a double-walled sac with an opening, the blastopore, which leads into the cavity lined by the inner wall. This cavity is the primitive alimentary cavity ...
— Darwiniana • Thomas Henry Huxley



Words linked to "Planula" :   hydroid, hydrozoan



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