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. 2023 Jan 24;120(4):e2218317120.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2218317120. Epub 2023 Jan 17.

Are we there yet to eliminate the terms larva, metamorphosis, and dissogeny from the ctenophore literature?

J J Soto-Angel  1   2 , C Jaspers  3 , A Hosia  2 , S Majaneva  4 , L Martell  2 , P Burkhardt  1
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Are we there yet to eliminate the terms larva, metamorphosis, and dissogeny from the ctenophore literature?

J J Soto-Angel et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Ctenophores display a wide array of morphologies and ecological strategies. In contrast, the cydippid larva (A) is present along all the ctenophore clades except for Beroida (I). (A) Mnemiopsis leidyi cydippid larva; (B) Euplokamis dunlapae, (C) Coeloplana sp., (D) Mertensia ovum, (E) Callianira bialata, (F) Leucothea multicornis, (G) Cestum veneris, (H) Bolinopsis infundibulum, (I) Beroe gracilis. Photography credits: Alexander Semenov (B, D, F, and G), Sho Toshino (C), Alexandre Jan (E and H) and Joan J. Soto Angel (A and I).
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