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lecithotrophic, a.|lɛsɪθəʊˈtrɒfɪk, lɛkɪθəʊ-|
[f. Gr. λέκιθος yolk of egg + -trophic.]
Of the larvæ of certain marine invertebrates, feeding on the yolk of the egg from which they have emerged.
1950G. Thorson in Biol. Rev. XXV. 10 The lecithotrophic pelagic larvae, mainly developing from fairly large yolky eggs, are of a clumsy shape, rather unfit for locomotion. 1962D. Nichols Echinoderms x. 119 Heliocidaris has a lecithotrophic larva (feeding on stored yolk). 1967Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. V. 360 Experiments refer to short-lived lecithotrophic larvae. |