A distinct juvenile form 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 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
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cross reference
- BTO:0000707
- TAO:0002048
- HAO:0000459
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwQCBvZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- FBbt:00001727
- AEO:0000126
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva
- MESH:D007814
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uberon_slim
definition
- A distinct juvenile form 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.
editor note
- TODO discriminate between stages and organisms
external definition
- Whole organism that is premetamorphic or a very immature individual.[TAO]
has exact synonym
- larval organism
has narrow synonym
- grub
- leptocephalus
- caterpillar
- planula
- tadpole
- wriggler
- glochidium
- naiad
- zoea
- veliger
- bipinnaria
- ammocoete
- trochophore
- maggot
- nymph
has obo namespace
- uberon
has relational adjective
- larval
id
- UBERON:0002548
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- insect embryonic/larval integumentary system
- insect embryonic/larval sensillum
- insect embryonic/larval nervous system
- insect embryonic/larval digestive system
- insect larval tagma
- insect larval segment
- insect larval head
- insect larval thorax
- insect larval abdomen
- insect embryonic/larval imaginal precursor
- insect larval sense organ
- insect embryonic/larval circulatory system
- velum feeding organ
- imaginal disc