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planula

/ˈplæn.jʊ.lə/

Traduction: Nom désignant une larve plane, ciliée et librement nageuse des cnidaires hydrozoaires.

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C2formalcommonscientific/ˈplæn.jʊ.lə/

A noun referring to the flat, ciliated, free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant une larve plane, ciliée et librement nageuse des cnidaires hydrozoaires.
  1. Larval stage of hydrozoans C2 formal scientific

    The free-swimming, ciliated, flattened larval form of hydrozoan coelenterates, which eventually settles and develops into a polyp.

    • The planula larva drifts in the ocean currents before attaching to a substrate.
    • After fertilization, the embryo develops into a planula.
    • Planulae are typically oval or flattened in shape and covered in cilia.

    🇫🇷Planula (larve d'hydrozoaire)

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