- Many
vertebrates have
evolved limbless, limb-reduced, or
apodous forms.
Reptiles have on a
number of
occasions evolved into
limbless forms – snakes, amphisbaenia...
-
endopterygote larvae types:
Apodous larvae – no legs at all and are
poorly sclerotized.
Based on sclerotization,
three apodous forms are recognized. Eucephalous...
- such as the
larvae of
Nematoceran flies such as mosquitoes, are
called apodous eruciform. Scarabaeiform: grub-like, with a head-capsule, as in the beetle...
-
generally polygonal and
visible only in the
electron microscope. The
larva is
apodous,
cylindrical and elongated, more or less
flattened dorso-ventrally and...
- PMID 9202448. Ehlers, U. (1997). "Ultrastructure of the
statocysts in the
apodous sea cu****ber
Leptosynapta inhaerens (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata)". Acta...
- contrast,
larvae of the
Curculionidae — the
weevils — are also
called "
apodous eruciform", (literally
meaning legless caterpillar-shaped;
unlike scarab...
- feeding, they may be saprophagous, mycophagous, or predatory. The
larvae are
apodous and
eucephalic and cylindrical-fusiform,
depressed dorsoventrally and distinctly...
- PMID 11539690. Ehlers, U. (1997). "Ultrastructure of the
statocysts in the
apodous sea cu****ber
Leptosynapta inhaerens (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata)". Acta...
- are laid deep in the soil. Eggs take 3 to 11 to hatch. Grub is small,
apodous fleshy, and
yellow in color. Grub
period is
about 3 to 42.
Final instar...
- as blueberry, cranberry, and huckleberry. The
larva is 5 to 8 mm long,
apodous, and
white with
chewing mouthparts.
Female adults are 4.75mm in length...
