Difference between revisions of "cypris"
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|etymology=Latin <i>Cypris</i>, Venus | |etymology=Latin <i>Cypris</i>, Venus | ||
| − | |definition=([[Arthropoda]]: Crustacea) In bivalve barnacles, the nonfeeding larval stage prior to metamorphosis into the cyprid, kentrogon and adult stage, so named because of its resemblance to the ostracod genus <i>Cypris</i>. | + | |definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Crustacea]]) In [[bivalve]] barnacles, the nonfeeding [[larval]] [[stage]] prior to [[metamorphosis]] into the [[cyprid]], [[kentrogon]] and [[adult]] [[stage]], so named because of its resemblance to the ostracod [[genus]] <i>Cypris</i>. |
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