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A megalops, the second larval form of the blue crab

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Description

A megalops, the second larval form of the blue crab. The megalops sheds onceto become a miniature of its parents. (From Costlow and Bookhout.)

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Collection

Historic Fisheries