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Nauplius - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun nauplius

is 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.

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.

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