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 ]
Synonyms: larva stage
Term info
- BTO:0000954
- OGES:000008
- ZFS:0000048
- EFO:0001303
- Wikipedia:Larva
- MIAA:0000400
- FBdv:00005336
- BTO:0000915
efo_slim
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
Uberon includes clade-specific subclasses, e.g. nematod larva
larva
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
UBERON:0000069
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_32524
Term relations
- life cycle stage
- immediately_preceded_by some embryo stage
- in taxon some (not Amniota)
- part of some post-embryonic stage
- simultaneous with some larval development