supported by the Oceanographic Data Center,IOCAS.We acknowledge financial support from the Science&Technology Innovation Project of Laoshan Laboratory(LSKJ202203001);the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong(2022LZGC015),and the Taishan Scholars Program.
Many marine invertebrate phyla are characterized by indirect development.These animals transit from planktonic larvae to benthic spats via settlement and metamorphosis,which contributes to their adaption to the marine...