Planktonic sea urchin larvae change their swimming direction in response to strong photoirradiation. PLOS Genetics, 2022; 18 (2): e1010033 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010033 ...

The SNAP-X gel could help attract free-swimming planktonic coral larvae to decimated reefs, ultimately restoring those reefs to a healthy state ...

Tubeworms and other planktonic larvae rely on bacterial cues to help select a suitable spot for metamorphosis. The U.S. Navy is interested in the potential.

Planktonic sea urchin larvae change their swimming direction in response to strong photoirradiation Journal: PLOS Genetics Published: 2022-02-10 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010033 Affiliations: 2 ...

As the snail’s planktonic life comes to an end, the veliger settles on the seafloor and develops into an adult. A sea star passes through several stages as a free-swimming larva.

And there could be practical applications: Experts may someday find ways to manage this communication to encourage animals to settle in some places, such as oyster farms, and discourage them in others ...

The moment that corals metamorphose from free-swimming (planktonic) larvae to sedentary polyps is perhaps the momentous event in this animal's life, producing a radical and abrupt change in both ...

In many taxa, these larval stages are so different from adults that they are not initially recognizable as belonging to the same phylum. Such larvae often have morphological, physiological, and ...

The article, “Planktonic sea urchin larvae change their swimming direction in response to strong photoirradiation,” was published in PLOS Genetics at DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010033 ...