- mastigopus
- (Order Decapoda):Postlarva [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
mastigopus
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mastigopus — mas·tig·o·pus … English syllables
mastigopus — maˈstigəpəs noun ( es) Etymology: New Latin, from mastig + pus : a final larva of some shrimps and prawns that is very like the adult in form … Useful english dictionary
mastigopus larva — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) Larva in the megalopa stage found among some Decapoda … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
mastigopus stage — Larval stage in development of some decapods equivalent to adult of Leucifer [McLaughlin, 1980]. Larval stage in ontogeny of some decapods equivalent to permanent adult form of Leucifer (penaeid) [Moore and McCormick, 1969] … Crustacea glossary
postlarva — Final larval or preadult stage; juvenile stage that resembles a miniature adult but is not sexually mature [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. (Order Decapoda): Last of basically five larval stages (nauplius, metanauplius, protozoea, zoea, postlarva).… … Crustacea glossary
-pus — pəs noun combining form Etymology: New Latin pod , pus, from Greek pod , pous, from pod , pous foot more at foot : creature having (such) a foot or feet monopus Lycopus chiefly in generic names in zo … Useful english dictionary
