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Definition of Nauplius

Nauplius
Nauplius Nau"pli*us, n.; pl. Nauplii. [L., a kind of shellfish, fr. Gr. ? ship + ? to sail.] (Zo["o]l.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antenn[ae], and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.

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- Look up Nauplius or nauplius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nauplius, Nauplia or Nauplios /ˈnɔːpliəs/, may refer to: Nauplius (mythology), in Gr****...
- genus name Nauplius was published posthumously by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1785 for animals now known to be the larvae of copepods. The nauplius stage (plural:...
- persons, is not entirely clear. The most famous Nauplius, was the father of Palamedes, called Nauplius the Wrecker, because he caused the Gr**** fleet,...
- distinct larval stages, the nauplius and the cyprid, before developing into a mature adult. A fertilised egg hatches into a nauplius: a one-e**** larva comprising...
- Nauplius is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal in the field of carcinology (crustacean research). It is published by the Brazilian Crustacean...
- they are exposed to water. Once the eggs are in water, they hatch into nauplius larvae, which eventually develop into adult Sea-Monkeys. The entire life...
- of biramous (two-parted) limbs, and by their larval forms, such as the nauplius stage of branchiopods and copepods. Most crustaceans are free-living aquatic...
- never been recognised, and the group is known only from its larvae, the "y-nauplius" and "y-cyprid" larvae. They are mostly found in the north Atlantic Ocean...
- water-breathers with extendable jaws. Crustaceans commonly hatch as tiny nauplius larvae that have only three segments and pairs of appendages. Insect species...
- Eresia nauplius, the Peruvian crescent or Nauplius crescent, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in...