Paralarvae (singular: Paralarva) is the term used to describe the young planktonic stages of cephalopods, between hatchling and subadult. It is used to differentiate it from the term 'larva' used in animals which undergo true metamorphosis.[1] They have been observed only on members of the orders Octopoda and Teuthida.[2]
The term was first introduced by Richard E. Young and Robert F. Harman in 1988.[2]