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A zoea, the first larval form of the blue crab

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A zoea, the first larval form of the blue crab. The zoea sheds 6 or 7 timesbefore entering the second larval form, known as a megalops. ( From Costlowand Bookhout)

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Collection

Historic Fisheries