Reduced planktotrophy in larvae of Clypeasterrosaceus (Echinodermata, Echiniodea)
Published in Marine Biology
Phylogenetic analyses have demonstrated that nonfeeding larvae have evolved from feeding larvae many times among marine invertebrates. In light of this observation, it is surprising that an intermediate strategy, a larva that can feed but is provisioned with enough energy to metamorphose without acquiring exogenous food (i.e., facultative planktotr...
