development to metamorphosis of the nemertean pilidium larva发展蜕变纽虫的帽状幼体幼虫.pdfVIP

Maslakova Frontiers in Zoology 2010, 7:30 /content/7/1/30 RESEARCH Open Access Development to metamorphosis of the nemertean pilidium larva Svetlana A Maslakova Abstract Background: The nemertean pilidium is one of the most notable planktotrophic larval types among marine invertebrates. The juvenile forms inside the larva from a series of isolated rudiments, called the imaginal discs. The development culminates in catastrophic metamorphosis, in which the larval body i