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Parameter: larval_type

Dataset: 
SEEPC larval collections: MOCNESS
Parameter: 
taxon
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 taxon
Short Description:
 taxon
Official Name:
 taxon
No Data Value:
Description:
 

taxonomic group or entity. This may be a family, class, genus, species, etc.; usually this parameter will contain a mixture of taxonomic entities.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
larval_type
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Abbreviation for the general larval form:
Actinotroch - AC
Amphioxus - AX
Anthozoan larva AN
Asteroid Juvenile - AJ
Auricularia - AU
Bipinnaria - BI
Bivalve veliger - BV
Brachiolaria - BR
Brachiopods - BC
Chaetopterid CH
Cyprid - CP
Chaetognath - CT
Cyphonautes - CY
Doliolaria - DO
Echinopluteus - EC
Entoprocts - EN
Egg - EG
Gastropod veliger - GV
Glottidia - GL
Gymnosome larva - GY
Megalopa MG
Mitraria - MI
Mullers - MU
Nectochaete - NE
Pelagosphaera - PE
Pentacula - PN
Pilidium - PI
Planulae - PL
Planuliform - PA
Planuliform palaeonemertean - PP
Pteropod shell - PT
Ophiopluteus - OP
Ophiuroid juvenile - OJ
Sponge larva - SL
Tadpole - TA
Trochophore - TR
Tornaria - TO
Unknown - UK
Zoanthid - ZO
Zoea - Z