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The anatomy of a trochophore
A - episphere
B - hyposphere
1 - ganglia
2 - apical tuft
3 - prototroch
4 - metatroch
5 - nephridium
6 - anus
7 - protonephridia
8 - gastrointestinal tract
9 - buccal opening
10 - blastocoele

A trochophore (/ˈtrkəˌfɔːr, ˈtrɒ-, -k-/;[1][2]) is a type of free-swimming planktonic marine larva with several bands of cilia.

By moving their cilia rapidly, they make a water eddy to control their movement, and to bring their food closer in order to capture it more easily.

  1. ^ "Trochophore". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22.
  2. ^ "Trochophore". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 2016-01-21.

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Trochophore

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various trochophore stages (image: D-F): D - early trochophore ; E - complete trochophore ; F - late trochophore ; G - metatrochophore. "Trochophore". Lexico...

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Mollusca

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complex variations occur. Nearly all produce eggs, from which may emerge trochophore larvae, more complex veliger larvae, or miniature adults. The coelomic...

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Veliger

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taxonomic classes. It is produced following either the embryonic or trochophore larval stage of development. In bivalves the veliger is sometimes referred...

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Animal

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groups have long been considered close relatives because they share trochophore larvae. In the classical era, Aristotle divided animals, based on his...

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Gastropoda

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development of gastropods The larvae or larval stadium: some gastropods may be trochophore and/or veliger Estivation and hibernation (each of these are present...

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Annelid

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into trochophore larvae, which live as plankton. Later they sink to the sea-floor and metamorphose into miniature adults: the part of the trochophore between...

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Larva

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loricate larva Certain molluscs, annelids, nemerteans and sipunculids trochophore Certain molluscs veliger Mollusca: freshwater Bivalvia (mussels) glochidium...

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Entoprocta

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embryo. There is no coelom at any stage. In some species the larva is a trochophore which is planktonic and feeds on floating food particles by using the...

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Telotroch

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telotroch: a posterior tuft of cilia in larvae of some animals. See trochophore larva and hemichordates for references. Rosemarie Arbur, Tale of the...

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Chiton

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hatches to release a free-swimming trochophore larva, typical of many other mollusc groups. In a few cases, the trochophore remains within the egg (and is...

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Invertebrate

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long been considered close relatives because of the common presence of trochophore larvae, but the annelids were considered closer to the arthropods because...

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Bivalvia

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a short stage lasts a few hours or days before the eggs hatch into trochophore larvae. These later develop into veliger larvae which settle on the seabed...

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Lophotrochozoa

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of tentacles surrounding a mouth, and the developmental stage of the trochophore larva. Lophophorata such as Brachiozoa and Bryozoa have lophophores,...

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Polychaete

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fertilize their eggs externally. The fertilized eggs typically hatch into trochophore larvae, which float among the plankton, and eventually metamorphose into...

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Eastern oyster

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planktonic, free-swimming, trochophore larvae, also known as the early umbo stage, which have cilia and a small shell. The trochophore larvae depend on their...

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Sipuncula

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trochophore larva, which metamorphoses into the adult after anything from a day to a month, depending on species. In a few species, the trochophore does...

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Bryozoa

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specifically to the Lophotrochozoa. This implies that the ectoproct larva is a trochophore with the corona being a homologue of the prototroch; this is supported...

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Oligochaeta

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eggs of polychaetes are deposited in the sea where they develop into trochophore larvae that disperse as part of the plankton, while the yolky eggs of...

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Nereis

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Nereids form a larval stage which is similar to that of molluscs – i.e. a trochophore larva. The genus Nereis contains the following species: Nereis abbreviata...

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Prunum thalassicola

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and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults...

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Brachiopod

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and form a trochophore larva, while brachiopods have radial cleavage and a larva that shows no sign of having evolved from a trochophore. Another study...

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Riftia

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R. pachyptila develops from a free-swimming, pelagic, nonsymbiotic trochophore larva, which enters juvenile (metatrochophore) development, becoming...

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Blue mussel

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is the ciliated embryo, which in 24-hours for fertilization form the trochophore. At this point although mobile, it is still reliant on the yolk for nutrients...

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Alitta succinea

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jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Eggs develop into trochophore Larva, then metamorphosis later into juvenile (body lengthen), and later...

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Joan Marsden

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three polychaeta trochophore larvae (Annelida)." Zoomorphology 106: 361-368. Marsden, J.R. (1986). Response to light by trochophore larvae of Spirobranchus...

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Elysia chlorotica

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envelope the mesoderm and endoderm. After the embryo passes through a trochophore-like stage during development, it then hatches as a veliger larva. The...

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Xenophora crispa

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Trochophore.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/science/trochophore. Rafferty, John. “Trochophore.”...

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