Question

Name of the Different types of larvas of different types of phylas present in non chordate animals

Answer 1

Phylum	Organism	Larva
Porifera	Sycon	Amphiblastula
Leucosolenia	Parenchymula (Stereogastrula)
Higher sponges	Rhagon
Cnidaria	Aurelia (Jelly fish)	Ephyra (Ephyrula), Planula, Hydratuba
Obelia, Sea anemone	Planula
Anthozoa (E.g. Gemmaria)	Semper’s larva
Ctenophora		Cydipid larva
Platyhelminthes	Taenia (Tapeworm)	Bladder worm (Cysticercus), Hexacanth, Oncosphere
Fasciola (Liver fluke)	Cercaria, Miracidium, Metacercaria, Redia, Sporocyst
Planocera (class Turbellaria)	Muller’s larva
Nemathelminthes	Ancylostoma (Hookworm)	Filariform
Wuchereria (Filarial worm)	Microfilariae
Ascaris (Round worm)	Juvenile, Rhabditiform
Annelida	Neries (sand worm)	Trochophore
Polygordius	Loven’s larva
Arthropoda	Squilla	Alima
Butterfly, Silk moth	Caterpillar (pupa is known as Chrysalis)
Lepas (Ship Barnacle)	Nauplius, Cypris
Hermit crab	Glaucothoe
Beetles and Honeybee	Grub
Housefly	Maggot
Crab	Megalopa &Zoea
Simplest crustacean larva	Nauplius
Rock Lobster	Phyllosoma
Lobsters	Schizopod or Mysis
Mosquitoes	Wriggler
Prawn	Nauplius, Metanauplius, Protozoea, zoea, Metazoea, Mysis
Sacculina	Nauplius, Cypris, Kentrogen stage, Sacculina interna, Sacculina externa
Limulus	Trilobite
Ticks and mites	Hexapod larva
Mayfly	Naiads
Mollusca	Unio (Water mussel)	Glochidium
Amphineura (E.g. Chiton), Scaphopoda (E.g. Dentalium) and Gastropoda	Trochophore (Trochosphere, Telotrocha or Teleotrocha)
Some gastropods	Veliger
Echinodermata	Holothuria (Sea cucumber)	Auricularia
Asterias (starfish)	Bipinnaria & Brachioloaria
Brittle star	Ophiopluteus
Echinus	Echinopluteus
Antedon	Doliolaria, Pentacrinus
Hemichordata	Balanoglossus	Tornaria