pseudozoea

pseudozoea
n. [Gr. pseudos, false; zoe, life]
(ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)
In Hoplocarida, a larval form of carnivorous mantid shrimp with segmented abdomen bearing biramous appendages and 2 pairs of appendages on the thorax (the second pair specialized as raptorial limbs); used to include the erichthus and alima stages of Stomatopoda larvae or their early stages; see antizoea.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • antizoea — n. [L. anti, against; zoe, life] (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) The first larval stage of the large, carnivorous marine mantis shrimps of the superorder Hoplocarida, that lack the raptorial claws; see pseudozoea …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • antizoea — A modified zoeal stage exhibited by some stomatopods [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. (Order Stomatopoda): Early larval stage of certain stomatopods; characterized by uniramous antennules, five pairs of biramous thoracopods, and no pleopods. (See also… …   Crustacea glossary

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