megalopa

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3 and 4 is reached, he has attained the dignity of what is known among scientific men as the megalopa stage.

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  1. Same as megalops, 2.
  2. Same as megalopa stage.
  3. Megalopa Stage in the development of crabs, an advanced larval stage in which the animal has large eyes, an extended abdomen, and well-developed pleopods. It is therefore interesting to find that in the zoea and through the larval and post-larval (megalopa) stages, the shore-crab possesses a primary and a secondary chromatophore system of a very clearly defined character. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. (London), 1902, ser. B, p. 318.

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