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larval stage
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A distinct juvenile stage many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva ]
Term info
Label
larval stage
Synonyms
- larva stage
Subsets
efo_slim
curator notes
Uberon includes clade-specific subclasses, e.g. nematod larva
has narrow synonym
nymph stage, grub, zoea stage, maggot stage, caterpillar, leptocephalus stage, trochophore, glochidium stage, caterpillar stage, glochidium, ammocoete stage, bipinnaria, planula stage, maggot, naiad, nymph, tornaria, grub stage, veliger stage, bipinnaria stage, trochophore stage, zoea, nauplius, wriggler stage, planula, wriggler, veliger, metacestode, ammocoete, naiad, nymph stage, leptocephalus, nymph, nauplius stage
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
larva
id
UBERON:0000069
taxon notes
It is a misunderstanding that the larval form always reflects the group's evolutionary history. It could be the case, but often the larval stage has evolved secondarily, as in insects. In these cases the larval form might differ more from the group's common origin than the adult form