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‖ tornaria Zool.|tɔːˈnɛərɪə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. τόρν-ος or L. torn-us a turner's wheel, in reference to the shape of the larva.]
The larval form of species of the Sea-acorn, Balanoglossus. Hence torˈnarian a., of or pertaining to a tornaria.
1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 592 Tornaria requires a fresh examination... Balfour regarded Tornaria as intermediate in structure between the Echinoderm larva and the Trochosphere. 1891Cent. Dict., Tornarian. 1892Thomson Outl. Zool. xvi. 355 The Tornaria becomes pelagic, acquires a proboscis, loses its special bands of cilia, and becomes diffusely ciliated, but has not yet a mouth or anus. |