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ECB-STAGE-44

Name: early feeding larva period

ECAO ID: 0000450

Definition: "Biological process during which the specific outcome is the progression of a free-living larva before the development of the adult. Indirect development represents the mainstream developmental mode of metazoans. This process usually starts with the emergence of a larva that is planktonic and stops at the end of metamorphosis once the animal assumes adult characters."


Preceded By: larval development Succeeded By: late feeding larva period

Component Stages:  early pluteus stage, early pluteus larva stage, 4-arm pluteus larva stage