parenchymulan.
/ˌparənˈkɪmjᵿlə/, /ˌparn̩ˈkɪmjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˌpɛrənˈkɪmjələ/ Zoology.
Also parenchymula larva. A parenchymella.
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1884 A. Hyatt in Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 23 76 Such a form contains in part at least the inclosed elements of a mesoderm and is really a primitive Parenchymula, and not a primitive Planula.
1912 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 202 184 In reality, it presumably belongs to some other species which normally possesses a parenchymula larva.
1958 Systematic Zool. 7 101/1 Such larvae resemble the parenchymulae of some sponges of the class Demospongiae.
1968 P. Brien in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. i. i. 21 In the great majority of the sponges the blastula is massive, and is known as a parenchymula.
1990 Zoomorphology 109 173 The sexual development of Ephydatia fluviatilis involves a ciliated parenchymula-larva.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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