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larval stage

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000069


A distinct juvenile stage many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva ]

Synonyms: larva stage

Term info

database cross reference
  • BTO:0000915
  • Wikipedia:Larva
  • ZFS:0000048
  • MIAA:0000400
  • BTO:0000954
  • EFO:0001303
  • OGES:000008
  • FBdv:00005336
Subsets

efo_slim

UBPROP 0000008

It is a misunderstanding that the larval form always reflects the group's evolutionary history. It could be the case, but often the larval stage has evolved secondarily, as in insects. In these cases the larval form might differ more from the group's common origin than the adult form

curator note

Uberon includes clade-specific subclasses, e.g. nematod larva

has narrow synonym

grub, nymph stage, zoea stage, maggot stage, caterpillar, leptocephalus stage, glochidium stage, trochophore, caterpillar stage, glochidium, ammocoete stage, bipinnaria, planula stage, maggot, naiad, nymph, tornaria, grub stage, veliger stage, trochophore stage, bipinnaria stage, nauplius, zoea, wriggler stage, planula, wriggler, metacestode, veliger, ammocoete, leptocephalus, naiad, nymph stage, nymph, nauplius stage

id

UBERON:0000069

never in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_32524