Might mean (unverified): Larvae feed on surrounding plankton.
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▸ adjective:  (biology) That feeds on plankton

Similar:
polytrophic, bacteriotrophic, phototrophic, trophogenic, plurivorous, prototropic, prototrophic, monotrophic, bacterivorous, organotrophic, more...

Opposite:
lecithotrophic, non-planktotrophic, direct-developing

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Similar:
polytrophic, bacteriotrophic, phototrophic, trophogenic, plurivorous, prototropic, prototrophic, monotrophic, bacterivorous, organotrophic, more...

Opposite:
lecithotrophic, non-planktotrophic, direct-developing



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