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Antennule vs Nauplius - What's the difference?

antennule | nauplius |

As a noun antennule

is (zoology) a small antenna.

As a proper noun nauplius is

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antennule

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) A small antenna

    • Derived terms

    * antennular

    nauplius

    English

    (Crustacean larvae)

    Noun

    (nauplii)
  • A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
  • * 2001 , Naureen A. Qureshi, Nancy N. Rabalais, 4: Distribution of Zooplankton on a Seasonally Hypoxic Continental Shelf'', Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner (editors), ''Coastal Hypoxia: Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems , page 72,
    • The copepod nauplii concentrations were significantly different among stations and by depth (Appendices 3 and 4).
  • * 2003 , Donald I. Williamson, The Origins of Larvae , page 172,
    • I suggest that several species of nauplioids hybridized with representatives of several groups of arthropods to give them nauplius larvae.
  • * 2007 , Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, Improving Penaeus monodon hatchery practices: Manual based on experience in India , FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 446, page 47,
    • Only nauplii that are attracted to the light at the top of the hatching tank should be collected, since these are the healthy ones.