Crab (the zoèa larva)

Infraorder: Brachyura

Description:

One of the larval stages of a crab

Habitat:

Seawater-planktonic

Notes:

Viewed under a magnification of x100 under a light microscope at the University of Malta

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4 Comments

galea.lara 8 years ago

Thanks ry :P

sultanaryan42m 8 years ago

nice ;)

galea.lara 8 years ago

Part of my university course was to go out on a vessel and collect plankton. This was one of many species we came across and identified in our samples. :)

staccyh 8 years ago

Very cool! How did you come across this specimen?

Spotted by
galea.lara

Malta, Malta

Spotted on Sep 27, 2013
Submitted on Sep 28, 2013