Parenchymella

Last updated January 22, 2026

Parenchymella is a type of larva of a demosponge composed of an envelope of flagellated cells surrounding an internal mass of cells.^[1] Demospongiae develops directly into solid stereoblastula. It then develops flagellae to form parenchymella.

References

↑ "Parenchymella at portol.org/thesaurus". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

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[portol-1] "Parenchymella at portol.org/thesaurus". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

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