Echinopluteus

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echinopluteus [‚ek·ə·nō′plüd·ē·əs]

(invertebrate zoology)

The bilaterally symmetrical larva of sea urchins.

Echinopluteus

a free-swimming larva of sea urchins. Echinoplutei have three to four pairs of long “arms,” a gut, and three pairs of coelomic saccules. The margins of the perioral depressions and the surface of the “arms” bear long cilia, by means of which the larva swims. Several months are required to complete the development of an echinopluteus. The body of a young sea urchin forms on the left side of the larva from a section of the ectoderm, two coelomic saccules, and the midgut. The remaining larger part of the echinopluteus’ body dies off in the process of its development.

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No references found			Morphometric and metabolic analysis of the growth and form of an echinopluteus. Effect of food concentration on protein and carbohydrate production ... by Miloslavich, Patricia; Lawrence, John M.; Schiopu, Daniela; Klein, Eduardo / Journal of Shellfish Research Optimum water temperature for the echinopluteus larvae Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. Northward extension of geographic range of the sea urchin ... by Agatsuma, Yukio; Hoshikawa, Hiroshi / Journal of Shellfish Research			Echevin Échevin Echidna Echidnas Echigo Echinacea echinate Echinidae Echiniscoidea Echinocactus Echinochloa Phyllopogon Echinococcosis Echinococcus echinococcus cyst Echinococcus Granulosus Echinocystitoida Echinodera echinoderm Echinodermata Echinoida Echinoidea Echinometridae echinomycin Echinopanax Echinopanax Elatum Echinopluteus Echinops Echinopsilon echinopsine Echinosoricinae Echinosteliaceae Echinosteliales echinostome cercaria Echinothuriidae Echinothurioida Echinozoa Echinuriasis echinus echinus and astragal Echis Echium Echiurida Echiuridae Echiuroidea Echiuroinea Echmiadzin Echo echo amplitude echo area echo attenuation echo box			Echinoderma Echinoderma echinodermal echinodermal Echinodermata Echinodermata Echinodermata (Spiny-skinned Tide Pool Creatures) Echinodermata (Spiny-skinned Tide Pool Creatures) echinodermatous echinodermatous Echinoderms Echinoderms echinoid echinoid Echinoida Echinoidea Echinoidea echinoids echinoids Echinolaelaps echidninus echinology Echinometridae echinomycin Echinopanax Echinopanax Elatum Echinoparyphium Echinoparyphium paraulum Echinoparyphium recurvatum Echinophthirius Echinophthirius horridus Echinopluteus Echinopogon Echinops Echinops Echinops adenocaulos Echinops adenocaulos Echinopsilon echinopsine Echinorhynchus salmonis Echinosoricinae Echinostachys Echinosteliaceae Echinosteliales Echinostoma Echinostoma iliocanum Echinostoma revolutum (syn. Echinostoma paraulum) Echinostomatidae echinostome cercaria Echinostomiasis Echinothuriidae Echinothurioida Echinozoa Echinozoa Echinulate Echinulate Echinuria Echinuriasis echinus echinus Echinus acutus Echinus acutus

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