Reply to Soto-Angel et al.: Is "larva" a natural kind? Phylogenetic thinking provides clarity

Allison Edgar¹, José Miguel Ponciano², Mark Q Martindale^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL 32080.
² Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Comment

Allison Edgar et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 24;120(4):e2219704120.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2219704120. Epub 2023 Jan 17.

Allison Edgar¹, José Miguel Ponciano², Mark Q Martindale^{1

2}

¹ The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida, St. Augustine, FL 32080.
² Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

Ctenophores are direct developers that reproduce continuously beginning very early after hatching.
Edgar A, Ponciano JM, Martindale MQ. Edgar A, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 May 3;119(18):e2122052119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2122052119. Epub 2022 Apr 27. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022. PMID: 35476523 Free PMC article.
Are we there yet to eliminate the terms larva, metamorphosis, and dissogeny from the ctenophore literature?
Soto-Angel JJ, Jaspers C, Hosia A, Majaneva S, Martell L, Burkhardt P. Soto-Angel JJ, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Jan 24;120(4):e2218317120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2218317120. Epub 2023 Jan 17. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023. PMID: 36649425 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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