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The free-swimming larvae can travel much greater distances than the bottom-dwelling adults, increasing their range. If the environmental conditions for the adults become bad, the larvae can travel to another area that may be more favorable.
the larvae can swim, hide, eat, grow, and move away from danger.
A fertilized egg in a jellyfish develops into a planula. These free swimming larvae are ciliated and shaped like small flattened pears.
Larvae are the hatched form of an amphibian that is different from the adult. A larva of an amphibian may be free swimming (e.g. tadpoles) before the metamorphosis to an adult (e.g. a frog).
Producing free-swimming larvae allows sessile animals to disperse and colonize new areas effectively. This strategy increases survival rates by reducing competition for resources within the parents' habitat and minimizing the likelihood of inbreeding.
Phyla Mollusca and Annelida have trochophore larvae. These larvae are characteristic of the early stages of development of certain marine invertebrates, where they display a ciliated, free-swimming, planktonic form.
because they have some specialities to which they can only survive in the water such as they begin their lives as free swimming bilaterally symmetrical larvae etc.for e.g:star fish,sand dollar,sea-cucumber etc. Because they did not come to land. First one to come to land are amphibians but they are going to water for reproduction. Reptiles are the first form to fully adapt for terrestial environment.
Larvae are the hatched form of an amphibian that is different from the adult. A larva of an amphibian may be free swimming (e.g. tadpoles) before the metamorphosis to an adult (e.g. a frog).
The free swimming ciliated larva seen in most aquatic mollusks is called a trochophore larva. It has a ring of cilia around its middle that aids in movement and feeding. Trochophore larvae eventually develop into the adult form of the mollusk.
Once they are free swimming remove the male.
No, deep sea brittle stars do not lay eggs. Usually, they give birth to live, free swimming larvae. The stars are hermaphroditic, so they all give birth.