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... > estágios > fase de desenvolvimento > fase de desenvolvimento animal > larva > invertebrate larvae (en) > molluscan larvae (en) > spat (en)

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  • Fertilized shellfish larvae, e.g. of oysters or mussels. Spat commence life as free-swimming individuals in the plankton (the veliger stage), then settle onto suitable substrates (a spatfall). The term is also used to indicate shellfish larvae that have attached to some hard object.

    Created: 1/15/21

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