In most sponges,the free-swimming larva produced by sexual reproduction is called a(n)
A) bud.
B) gemmule.
C) apopyle.
D) parenchymula.
E) plasmodium.Parenchymula larvae are free-swimming larval stages that are the result of sexual reproduction and that are found in the development of most sponges.Gemmules are internal buds formed by a type of asexual reproduction in freshwater sponges and some marine sponges.
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