prototroch

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ -troch.

Noun

prototroch (plural prototrochs)

  1. A ciliary band in the larvae of trochophores
    • 2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology‎[1], volume 12, →DOI:
      The neurites underlying the prototroch are lost after metamorphosis, suggesting that these neurons serve a larval function.

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