Figure 1 in Larval development of the western school prawn Metapenaeus dalli Racek, 1957 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae) reared in the laboratory

Figure 1. Morphological characters of penaeid larval stages adapted from Dall et al. (1990); (a) Nauplius I dorsal view; (b) Nauplius I lateral view; (c) Protozoea II dorsal view; (d) Protozoea II anterior section ventral view; (e) Mysis and post larva I lateral view; (f) Mysis and post larval tail fan. (g) Right mandible process of Protozoea, Mysis and post-larva sub-stages. Abbreviated labels include: End, endopod; Ex, exopod; 1st Ant, first antenna; 2nd Ant, second antenna; Mn, mandible; Rst sp, rostral spine; Ab somite, abdominal somite; 1st Mx, first maxilla; 2nd Mx, second maxilla; 1st Mxp, first maxilliped; 2nd Mxp, second maxilliped; 3rd Mxp, third maxilliped; 1st per, first pereiopod; 3rd per, third pereiopod; 5th per, fifth pereiopod. © Elsevier, license no. 3686250188613.