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Pelagosphaera larva

00:35Named pelagosphaerae, the larvae of many species of sipunculan worms are transparent and swim freely in the water column for months before they become the adult stage which has a vermiform appearance and lives buried in sand or mud.
Alvaro E. Migotto, Vasily Radashevsky
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0.1 - 1.0 mm
Taxa: Sipunculidae
Expert: Alvaro E. Migotto, Vasily Radashevsky
Date: April 6, 2004, 8:42 p.m.
Place: Canal de São Sebastião, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil
Alvaro E. Migotto, Vasily Radashevsky. Pelagosphaera larva. Cifonauta image database. Available at: http://cifonauta.cebimar.usp.br/video/90/ Accessed: 2013-05-19.
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References

2006 Radashevsky VI, Migotto AE. Photoreceptive organs in larvae of Spionidae (Annelida) and Sipuncula. Journal of Zoology, 268(1980): 335-340, doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00092.x, url:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00092.x/full

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