Luidia sarsii. It’s a starfish. It undergoes a very strange metamorphosis. The larva continues to live after its next stage, the starfish, has its own existance. It’s like if a butterfly was “born” directly out of a caterpillar and after its “birth” both continued to exist.
The Wiki page really buries the lede.
During metamorphosis the juvenile migrates to the outside and detaches from the swimming larval bipinnaria stage. The larva continues to live separately for several months.
Luidia sarsii. It’s a starfish. It undergoes a very strange metamorphosis. The larva continues to live after its next stage, the starfish, has its own existance. It’s like if a butterfly was “born” directly out of a caterpillar and after its “birth” both continued to exist.
The Wiki page really buries the lede.