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Zoea
Zoea o"["e]*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? life.] (Zo["o]l.) A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura. [Written also zo[ae]a.] Note: In this stage the anterior part of the body is relatively large, and usually bears three or four long spines. The years are conspicuous, and the antenn[ae] and jaws are long, fringed organs used in swimming. The thoracic legs are undeveloped or rudimentary, the abdomen long, slender, and often without appendages. The zo["e]a, after casting its shell, changes to a megalops.

Meaning of Zoeas from wikipedia

- an animal now known to be the larva of a crab. The zoea stage (plural: zoeas or zoeae), only found in members of Malacostraca, is characterised by the...
- Gnathophausia zoea is a species of lophogastrid crustacean. It is widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic Circle to the Equator; in the...
- In most groups, there are further larval stages, including the zoea (pl. zoeæ or zoeas). This name was given to it when naturalists believed it to be...
- George (2003). Georgia's Amazing Coast: Natural Wonders from Alligators to Zoeas. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2533-0.[page needed] Kier...
- timed with the tidal and light/dark diurnal cycle. The free-swimming tiny zoea larvae can float and take advantage of water currents. They have a spine...
- (October 1991). "A redescription of Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836) zoeas with a discussion of the classification of the Majoidea Samouelle, 1819...
- Zoea was the name of at least two ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to: Italian submarine Zoea (1913), a Medusa-class submarine launched in 1913...
- beginning with Zoe List of storms named Zoe Zoey 101, a Nickelodeon TV show Zoea, a larval stage of some crustaceans This disambiguation page lists articles...
- newly-hatched zoea I larvae move into estuaries. During this time, they feed on microscopic plankton and progress from the zoea I stage to the zoea IV stage...
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