Acartia clausi
Temora longicornis
Centropages hamatus
Pseudocalanus elongatus
Calanus finmarchicus
  Nauplius I
  Nauplius II
  Nauplius III
  Nauplius IV
  Nauplius V
  Nauplius VI
  Adult female
Stage characteristics

 

 

Calanus finmarchicus Nauplius IV

Description of Nauplius stage IV: the 4th instar of Calanus finmarchicus is characterised by 4 pairs of appendages and 4 pairs of short spines on the posterior end of the body. There are 5 dorsal setae on the distal segment of each antennule.

 

 

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