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THE LIFE OF CRUSTACEA 



of larval stages. These larvae (Fig. 32) are all dis- 

 tinguished by the large size of the carapace, which 

 in some cases envelops the greater part of the body. 

 Some stomatopod larvae, in the warmer seas, attain 



to a relatively great 

 size, sometimes exceed- 

 ing 2 inches in length, 

 and their glass-like 

 transparency gives them 

 a very striking appear- 

 ance. 



As we have seen, it 

 is exceptional to find a 

 free-swimming nauplius 

 larva among the Mala- 

 costraca, but it is the 

 commonest larval stage 

 in the other subclasses 

 of Crustacea. Most of 

 the Branchiopoda are 



hatched in this form 

 TIG. 32 EARLY LARVAL STAGE 



OF A SPECIES OF SQUILLA, PROB (Fig. 33), and reach the 



ABLY S. dubia. X 10. (After , , , 



Brooks .) adult state by a very 



gradual series of 



changes in which new somites and appendages are 

 added in regular order from before backwards till the 

 full number is reached. The Water-fleas (Cladocera), 

 however, differ from most of the uther Branchiopoda 

 in having a direct development. The eggs are 



