Giant planktic larvae of anomalan crustaceans and their unusual compound eyes

Abstract Crustacean larvae are usually recognised as small organisms, below one millimeter body size. However, in different crustacean groups such as Stomatopoda, Polychelida, or Achelata, also very large larvae occur with sizes of 20 mm and beyond. Also from few meiuran species (“short-tailed” crus...

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Main Authors: Paula Gundi, Chiara Cecchin, Lara-Leonie Fetzer, Carolin Haug, Roland R. Melzer, Joachim T. Haug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Helgoland Marine Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10152-020-00540-x