Class: Crustacea

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Class Crustacea Subclass
Copepoda
Order Eucopepoda
Suborder
Cyclopoida Immature copepods Description Plate
020a. Nauplius larvae of copepod. Plate 020b.
A later stage of a nauplius larvae of copepod.
Larvae of copepods (nauplius and
copepodites) are nearly impossible to identify
to species, some keys exist for a few species
that have been observed throughout their molting
stages.
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Plate 020a. Nauplius larvae of copepod.
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Plate 020b. A later stage of a nauplius larvae
of copepod.