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Actinotrocha
Actinotrocha Ac`ti*not"ro*cha, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. ?, ?, a ray + ? a ring.] (Zo["o]l.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.
Actinotrocha
Phoronis Pho*ro"nis, n. [NL., fr. L. Phoronis, a surname of Io, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.

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- The eggs of most species form free-swimming actinotroch larvae, which feed on plankton. An actinotroch settles to the seabed after about 20 days and...
- cyphonautes, vesiculariform larvae Nematomorpha nematomorphan larva Phoronids actinotroch Cycliophora pandora, chordoid larva Nemertea pilidium, Iwata larva, Desor...
- An example of zooplankton - Actinotroch larva of a phoronid worm, otherwise known as horseshoe worms...
- the coelom of their mother's tube and the "hatch" to produce feeding actinotroch larvae. There is a correlation between egg size and development type:...
- m**** in the lophophoral cavity for a period. The larva is known as an actinotroch and was thought for a long time to be an adult organism in its own right...
- the mouth. The larval form, found in the zooplankton, is known as an "actinotroch". The distribution is global. Phoronopsis albomaculata Gilchrist, 1907...
- brooded in two clumps on mucus threads secreted by nidamental glands. The actinotroch larvae are planktonic and eventually settle and undergo metamorphosis...