Assertion: plankton | /r/Synonym | holoplankton
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text: Plankton are comprised of two main groups, permanent members of the plankton, called holoplankton (such as diatoms, radiolarians, dinoflagellates, foraminifera, amphipods, krill, copepods, salps, etc.), and temporary members (such as most larval forms of sea urchins, sea stars, crustaceans, marine worms, some marine snails, most fish, etc.), which are called meroplankton.
text: Some organisms spend their entire lives as plankton ("holoplankton") while others only spend their larval stages as plankton ("meroplankton" and "ichthyoplankton").
text: These plankton are called holoplankton (holos is the Greek root meaning "entire").
text: Organisms which spend their entire lives as plankton are called holoplankton.