Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

Change of body shape, e.g., the change from a larval form to a juvenile or adult form.

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metamorphosis

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Change of body shape, e.g., the change from a larval form to a juvenile or adult form.

metamorphosis

Archaeology; Evolution

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Education; SAT vocabulary

A passing from one form or shape into another.

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Biology; Cell biology

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Biology; Marine biology

Major developmental change as the larva develops into an immature adult.

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Natural environment; Coral reefs

With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

fissure

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

damselfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of ...

complementary resources

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.

antennule

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.

odontophore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied ...