Meanings
nounprototroch (plural prototrochs)
plural prototrochs
- A ciliary band in the larvae of trochophores
The neurites underlying the prototroch are lost after metamorphosis, suggesting that these neurons serve a larval function.
2015 July 11, Néva P Meyer et al., “Nervous system development in lecithotrophic larval and juvenile stages of the annelid Capitella teleta”, in Frontiers in Zoology, volume 12, →DOI
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