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 III

Description of Nauplius stage III: the 3rd  instar of Calanus finmarchicus is characterised by 3 pairs of appendages and 2 pairs of short spines on the posterior end of the body. There are 3 dorsal setae on the distal segment of each antennule.

 

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