Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
nauplius — Characteristic crustacean larval stage bearing median simple (naupliar) eye and 3 pairs of setose, functional appendages destined to become the antennules, antennae and mandibles [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. Early larval stage having only… … Crustacea glossary
Nauplius (larva) — A nauplius (plural nauplii ) is the first larva of animals classified as crustaceans (subphylum of Arthropoda). It consists of a head and a telson. The thorax and abdomen, characteristic of adult crustaceans, have not developed yet. A prominent… … Wikipedia
nauplius — noun (plural nauplii) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a shellfish, from Greek nauplios Date: 1836 a crustacean larva in usually the first stage after leaving the egg and with three pairs of appendages, a median eye, and little or no… … New Collegiate Dictionary
nauplius — nauplial, naupliform, nauplioid, adj. /naw plee euhs/, n., pl. nauplii / plee uy /. (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the… … Universalium
nauplius — /ˈnɔpliəs/ (say nawpleeuhs) noun (plural nauplii /ˈnɔpliˌi/ (say nawplee.ee)) (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring (usually) as the first stage of development after leaving the egg …
crustacean — /kru stay sheuhn/, n. 1. any chiefly aquatic arthropod of the class Crustacea, typically having the body covered with a hard shell or crust, including the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, barnacles, and wood lice. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the… … Universalium
Crustacean larvae — Larval and adult prawns Nauplius larva Adult Penaeus monodon … Wikipedia
cirripede — ▪ crustacean Introduction any of the marine crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia (subphylum Crustacea). The best known are the barnacles. Adult cirripedes other than barnacles are internal parasites of marine invertebrates such as crabs … Universalium
metanauplius — A stage of development between the nauplius and calyptopis in euphausiids. A vestigial abdomen is present [Mauchline, 1984]. Developmental stage following the nauplius larval stage and bearing the same three appendages but having additional body… … Crustacea glossary
branchiopod — /brang kee euh pod /, n. 1. any crustacean of the class (or subclass) Branchiopoda, having flattened, footlike appendages that bear respiratory organs. adj. 2. Also, branchiopodous /brang kee op euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the… … Universalium
