Larvae of different animals

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
Chordata	Petromyzone (Lamprey)	Ammocete
	Herdmania, Ascidia	Ascidian Tadpole
	Amblystoma (Tiger salamander)	Axolotl
	Frog, Amphiuma	Tadpole
Minor phylum Echiuroidea		Trochophore
Minor phylum Sipunculoidea		Trochophore
Minor phylum Bryozoa		Trochophore
Minor phylum Polyzoa		Trochophore
Minor phylum Ectoprocta	Bugula	Cyphonautes
Minor phylum Phoronida	Phoronis	Actinotrocha
Minor phylum Nemertina	Lineus	Pilidium larva
Mesozoa	Dicyamids	Infusoriform larva

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