Atrocha

/əˈtroʊkə/ noun

A larval stage of certain marine worms that lacks a circular band of cilia used for swimming.

From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'trochos' (wheel), referring to the absence of the wheel-like ciliary structures found in other larval forms. The term emerged in 19th-century marine biology to classify different larval morphologies.

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