BBP - MMER - Irvine & Martindale - Chaetopterus, Polydora - [Contents]
Figure 2. Polydora cornuta larval stages.

Anterior is towards the top of the page and all views are of the dorsal side. Scale bars, 100 µm.

a. 3-setiger larva, near the earliest pelagic stage found.
b. 8-setiger larva.
c. 17-setiger larva, at the stage just prior to metamorphosis.
d. Newly metamorphosed juvenile.