Definition of Planktotrophic. Meaning of Planktotrophic. Synonyms of Planktotrophic

- marine invertebrates. Planktotrophic larvae feed on phytoplankton and small zooplankton, including other larvae. Planktotrophic development is the most...
- to distribute themselves. These larvae used for dispersal are either planktotrophic (feeding) or lecithotrophic (non-feeding). Some larvae are dependent...
- lecithotrophic because they obtain their nutrition from the yolk as opposed to "planktotrophic" larvae that feed in the water column. In Parvulastra parvivipara, an...
- tend to produce large numbers of eggs developing to pelagic (often planktotrophic [plankton-feeding]) and widely dispersing larvae, whereas at high latitudes...
- larvae (sometimes absent) can be both lecithotrophic (non-feeding) and planktotrophic (feeding), and is followed by a larval stage called the cyprid, which...
- new openings. The larvae of lingulids (Lingulida and Discinida) are planktotrophic (feeding), and swim as plankton for months resembling miniature adults...
- around under the abdomen for about six days before they develop into planktotrophic larvae. These remain in the plankton for four to six months. During...
- distribution of their preferred ecosystems, and possibly long-lived planktotrophic larvae. Despite their wide distribution, the pace of evolution of inoceramids...
- bryozoans in the order Ctenostomatida. The genus have both species with planktotrophic (feeding) larvae and short-lived lecithotrophic (non-feeding) larvae...
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 7 May 2012. Ó Foighil, D. (1989). "Planktotrophic larval development is ****ociated with a restricted geographic range...