- The
phyllosoma is the
larval stage of
spiny and
slipper lobster (Palinuridae and Scyllaridae), and
represents one of the most
significant characteristics...
- in
particular groups, such as the
glaucothoe of
hermit crabs, or the
phyllosoma of
slipper lobsters and
spiny lobsters. At its most complete, a crustacean's...
- Risso, 1827
Nisto asper Sarato, 1885
Phyllosoma mediterraneum Hope, 1851
Phyllosoma sarniense Lukis, 1835
Phyllosoma parthenopaeum Costa, 1840 Scyllarus...
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their eggs,
young slipper lobsters p****
through around ten
instars as
phyllosoma larvae — leaf-like,
planktonic zoeae.
These ten or so
stages last the...
-
their eggs and
reaching adult form: the
phyllosoma larva, puerulus/nisto larva, and
juvenile stage. The
phyllosoma larva is a transparent, long-legged, leaf-like...
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united by the
great enlargement of the
second antennae, by the
special "
phyllosoma" form of the larva, and by a
number of
other characters. The infraorder...
- antennae,
moults into the
first of
eleven phyllosoma stages,
which swim
using their thoracic legs. The last
phyllosoma stage may
reach a size of 48 mm (1.9 in)...
- the
fifth pair, and by a
particularly specialized larval phase called phyllosoma. True
lobsters have much
smaller antennae and
claws on the
first three...
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Females can
carry up to 680,000 eggs,
which hatch after 10 w****s into flat
phyllosoma larvae.
These feed on
plankton before the
metamorphosis into the juvenile...
- as flattened, leaf-shaped,
planktonic larvae (
phyllosoma larvae). P.
elephas goes
through ten
phyllosoma stages and a
puerulus stage before adulthood....
