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 ]
Synonyms: larval organism
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Term information
database
cross reference
- Wikipedia:Larva
- AEO:0000126
- FBbt:00001727 (ManualMappingCuration)
- HAO:0000459
- MESH:D007814 (https://github.com/biopragmatics/biomappings)
- BTO:0000707
- TAO:0002048
Subsets
uberon_slim
has narrow synonym
tadpole
naiad
zoea
grub
planula
wriggler
caterpillar
trochophore
glochidium
veliger
bipinnaria
ammocoete
leptocephalus
nymph
maggot
Term relations
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part of
- 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 embryonic/larval circulatory system
- velum feeding organ
- insect embryonic/larval integumentary system
- insect embryonic/larval sensillum
- insect larval sense organ
- imaginal disc