larval stage
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000069
A distinct juvenile stage 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 ]
Term info
- BTO:0000915
- EFO:0001303
- ZFS:0000048
- Wikipedia:Larva
- OGES:000008
- BTO:0000954
- MIAA:0000400
- FBdv:00005336
efo_slim
Uberon includes clade-specific subclasses, e.g. nematod larva
A distinct juvenile stage 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.
larva stage
grub, nymph stage, zoea stage, maggot stage, caterpillar, leptocephalus stage, glochidium stage, trochophore, caterpillar stage, glochidium, ammocoete stage, bipinnaria, planula stage, maggot, naiad, nymph, tornaria, grub stage, veliger stage, trochophore stage, bipinnaria stage, nauplius, zoea, wriggler stage, planula, wriggler, metacestode, veliger, ammocoete, leptocephalus, naiad, nymph stage, nymph, nauplius stage
uberon
larva
UBERON:0000069
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_32524
It is a misunderstanding that the larval form always reflects the group's evolutionary history. It could be the case, but often the larval stage has evolved secondarily, as in insects. In these cases the larval form might differ more from the group's common origin than the adult form