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What is a nauplius?

What is a nauplius? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A crustacean larva that has three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.
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The nauplius basically walks through the water, pushing itself off against the viscous medium which starts to rotate.
It is evident that the Leptus fundamentally differs from the nauplius and begins life on a higher plane.
In Penaeus the nauplius changes to metanauplius which is followed by protozoa, zoaea and mysis stages before adult form is reached.
A nauplius consists of the first three cephalic segments and the appendages belonging to those segments, the antennules, antennae, and mandibles.
But instead of rising to its opportunities, the sacculine nauplius having reached a certain point turned back.
The nauplius, unlike the larv which we have been considering, has an unsegmented body, and has only three pairs of limbs.

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