- The
phyllosoma is the
larval stage of
spiny and
slipper lobster (Palinuridae and Scyllaridae), and
represents one of the most
significant characteristics...
- in
particular groups, such as the
glaucothoe of
hermit crabs, or the
phyllosoma of
slipper lobsters and
spiny lobsters. At its most complete, a crustacean's...
- Risso, 1827
Nisto asper Sarato, 1885
Phyllosoma mediterraneum Hope, 1851
Phyllosoma sarniense Lukis, 1835
Phyllosoma parthenopaeum Costa, 1840 Scyllarus...
-
their eggs,
young slipper lobsters p****
through around ten
instars as
phyllosoma larvae — leaf-like,
planktonic zoeae.
These ten or so
stages last the...
-
united by the
great enlargement of the
second antennae, by the
special "
phyllosoma" form of the larva, and by a
number of
other characters. The infraorder...
-
Females can
carry up to 680,000 eggs,
which hatch after 10 w****s into flat
phyllosoma larvae.
These feed on
plankton before the
metamorphosis into the juvenile...
- as flattened, leaf-shaped,
planktonic larvae (
phyllosoma larvae). P.
elephas goes
through ten
phyllosoma stages and a
puerulus stage before adulthood....
- the
fifth pair, and by a
particularly specialized larval phase called phyllosoma. True
lobsters have much
smaller antennae and
claws on the
first three...
- of I. ciliatus are the
typical phyllosoma larvae found in all
slipper lobsters and
spiny lobsters. The
first phyllosoma is
around 3 mm (0.12 in) across...
- abundant,
specifically in
their puerulus stage: the
transition stage between phyllosoma larva and
juvenile lobster. This is also when they can be
referred to...
