Desor's Larva

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Desor's larva [də′zȯrz ‚lär·va]

(invertebrate zoology)

An oval, ciliated larva of certain nemertineans in which the gastrula remains inside the egg membrane.

Desor’s Larva

(named for the Swiss scientist E. Desor, 1811-1882), a pelagic or benthic larva of certain nemerteans that develop without the pilidium stage. Desor’s larva undergoes metamorphosis accompanied by the formation of the so-called imaginal disks, from which the skin and body of the young nemertean form. The larval skin falls off.

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