'''Metamorphosis''' is a [[biological]] [[process]] by which an [[animal]] [[physical]]ly develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and [[relative]]ly abrupt [[change]] in the [[animal]]'s [[body]] [[structure]] through cell [[growth]] and differentiation. Some insects, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, Cnidarians, echinoderms and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is usually (but not always) accompanied by a change of habitat or [[behavior]]. | '''Metamorphosis''' is a [[biological]] [[process]] by which an [[animal]] [[physical]]ly develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and [[relative]]ly abrupt [[change]] in the [[animal]]'s [[body]] [[structure]] through cell [[growth]] and differentiation. Some insects, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, Cnidarians, echinoderms and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is usually (but not always) accompanied by a change of habitat or [[behavior]]. |