Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pluteus, or free-swimming larva, of a sea-urchin.
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Free-swimming echinopluteus sea urchin (Echinocardium cordatum) larva feeds on microplankton captured with its ciliated arms.
Plankton 2008
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Next it develops into the [[echinopluteus]] stage where it has between
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