Key to marine arthropod larvae
The scope of this key is restricted to the larvae of marine arthropods. The key is based solely on their morphology, patterns of body segmentation, numbers of appendages, and mode of locomotion. An effort has been made to treat all traditionally named larval forms, both planktonic and benthic. It is...
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Published in | Arthropods Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Hong Kong
Arthropods
01.03.2012
International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IAEES) International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences |
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Summary: | The scope of this key is restricted to the larvae of marine arthropods. The key is based solely on their
morphology, patterns of body segmentation, numbers of appendages, and mode of locomotion. An effort has
been made to treat all traditionally named larval forms, both planktonic and benthic. It is intended that this key
be useful for a researcher working with archived museum specimens and therefore, does not include habitat
information as a identifying trait, even though this information is usually available in the archived records.
Within the phylum Arthropoda there are two sub-phyla and eleven classes having larval stages in the marine
environment. Where feasible the original names of the various larval types have been used. Because this
nomenclature is less commonly used today compared to the past, the more recent taxonomic affinities are
included in parentheses after the original larval name. The key includes the following thirty-four larvae:
Branchhiopoda nauplii; Cephalocarida nauplii; Mystacocarida nauplii; trilobite larva; protonymphon; hexapod
larvae; Remipedia nauplii; nauplius - Y larvae; Cirripedia nauplii; Ascothoracida nauplii; Ostracoda nauplii;
Euphausiacea nauplii; Penaeidea nauplii; Cyclopoida nauplii; Calanoida nauplii; Harpacticoida nauplii;
Polyarthra nauplii; cypris larva; eryonecius larva; cypris-Y larva; elapthocaris larvae; mysis larvae; lucifer
zoea; acetes zoea; acanthosoma larva; phyllosoma; antizoea larva; anomuran zoea; brachyuran zoea; calyptopis
larvae; furcilia larva; crytopia larva; puerulus larva; alima larva. |
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Bibliography: | http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2012-1(1)/key-to-marine-arthropod-larvae.pdf s.n. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 2224-4255 2224-4255 |