Animal Kingdom Question 958

Question: Sponges free swimming larva is called as

[EAMCET 1998; CPMT 2000]

Options:

A) Veliger

B) Trochophore

C) Parenchymula

D) Bipinnaria

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Sponges are stationary animals. Development is indirect involving a free swimming larva either amphiblastula or parenchymula, for dispersal.

So, the correct answer is ‘Parenchymula’