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Trochophore larva is found in A Annelida and Mollusca B Annelida and Cnidaria C Annelida and Ctenophora D Annelida and Arthropoda

Trochophore larva is found in 

A

Annelida and Mollusca

B

Annelida and Cnidaria

C

Annelida and Ctenophora

D

Annelida and Arthropoda

 
 
 

Grade:12

1 Answers

Adarsh Pal
askIITians Faculty 159 Points
3 years ago

 Option A is the correct answer.

Trochophore larva is a small, translucent, free-swimming larva characteristic of marine annelids and most groups of mollusks. Trochophores are spherical or pear-shaped and are girdled by a ring of cilia the prototroch, that enables them to swim. In some mollusks (such as gastropods and bivalves), the trochophore develops into a second stage, the veliger, before metamorphosing to an adult form.

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