Meroplankton are organisms that are planktonic for only a part of their life cycles, usually the larval stage. Examples of meroplankton include the larvae of sea urchins, sea stars, crustaceans, marine worms, some marine gastropods and most fish. Some dinoflagellates and diatoms are also meroplanktonic. Meroplankton spend only the larval or early ...
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those animals that spend part of their life cycle in the plankton but become part of the nekton or benthos as adults, such as some larval fish and crabs. See holoplankton.
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(Gk: meros part/partial; + plankton) plankton organisms which spend only part of their lives in the plankton, like the larvae of many sessile benthic organisms (sea squirts, sponges, oysters, etc) and free moving ones (snails, crabs, lobsters, etc.).
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meroplankton, meroplanktonic 1. Organisms in marine coastal areas that spend only part of their life cycle as plankton, being at other times benthic dwellers. 2. Passing only part of the life-cycle drifting or swimming weakly in water.
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Organisms that spend part of their time in the plankton but also spend time in the benthos (e.g., planktonic larvae of benthic invertebrates)
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