Larval Images

There is something very special about cephalopod young for me. Technically cephalopod young are called “paralarva” and not “larva” as there is no metamorphosis in the young stages as there is with true larval life cycle organisms such as sea urchins, mollusks, butterflies, etc. Cephalopod embryos follow direct development and hatch essentially as miniature adults, [...]

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