Characteristic free swimming larva of coelenterates is
A
Oncosphere
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B
Rhabditiform
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C
Planula
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D
Cysticercus
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Solution
The correct option is C Planula A planula is the free-swimming, flattened, ciliated, bilaterally symmetric larval form of various cnidarian species. The sperm and egg merge and form a planula larva, which matures inside the body of its mother.