pseudozoea

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pseudozoea (noun; Greek pseudos, false; zoe, life): (Arthropoda: Crustacea) In Hoplocarida, a larval form of carnivorous mantid shrimp with segmented abdomen bearing biramous appendages and 2 pairs of appendages on the thorax (the second pair specialized as raptorial limbs); used to include the erichthus and alima stages of Stomatopoda larvae or their early stages

See also: antizoea.