Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
schizopod larva — see mysis stage … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
mysis stage — Larval stage in penaeoidean development equivalent to zoeal stage of Nephropoidea. (Syn. schizopod larva) [McLaughlin, 1980]. Post cypris larval stage in ontogeny of most crustaceans, characterized by presence of biramous limbs on all thoracic… … Crustacea glossary
zoea — A larva with natatory exopods on some or all thoracic appendages, but with pleopods absent or rudimentary [Ingle, 1983]. Free living larval stage, following protozoea, present in all shrimps [Butler, T.H.]. Larval stage characterized by natatory… … Crustacea glossary
mysis stage — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Decapoda, a larval stage in which only the thoracopods are used in swimming and the compound eye is stalked; schizopod larva; see zoea … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
zoea — n. [Gr. zoe, life] A larval stage in the development of higher Crustacea. zoea I First zoeal stage with paired compound eyes that are sessile. zoea II Secondary zoeal stage with stalked compound eyes. zoea III Third zoeal stage tha … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
mysis — (Order Decapoda): Zoea. (Syn. mysis stage, schizopod larva) [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
phyllosoma — Early schizopod larval stage in ontogeny of palinurid and scyllarid lobsters [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Larval stage in development of palinuroidean decapods [McLaughlin, 1980]. Pelagic larva of Palinura, develops eventually into peurulus stage … Crustacea glossary
