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Planulae vs Planula - What's the difference?

planulae | planula |

As nouns the difference between planulae and planula

is that planulae is while planula is (biology) in embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula.

planulae

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Noun

(head) (p)

    • planula

    English

    Noun

    (planulae)
  • (biology) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula.
  • (zoology) The larva of a hydrozoan, which is free-swimming and covered in cilia.

    • Derived terms

    * planular * planulate