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What (who) is zoea - definition
Zoea
![Eggs being brooded by a female ''[[Orconectes obscurus]]'' [[crayfish]]: such large eggs are often indicative of abbreviated development.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eggs.on.orconectes.obscurus.jpg?width=200 "Eggs being brooded by a female ''[[Orconectes obscurus]]'' [[crayfish]]: such large eggs are often indicative of abbreviated development.")
![Zoea larva of a [[European lobster]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Homarus gammarus zoea.jpg?width=200 "Zoea larva of a [[European lobster]]")
![A nauplius of ''[[Euphausia pacifica]]'' hatching, emerging backwards from the egg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nauplius Hatching.jpg?width=200 "A nauplius of ''[[Euphausia pacifica]]'' hatching, emerging backwards from the egg")
CRUSTACEAN LARVAL AND IMMATURE STAGES BETWEEN HATCHING AND ADULT FORM
Nauplius (larva); Zoea; Zoeae; Zoaea; Calyptopsis; Furcilia; Puerulus; Copepodid; Glaucothoe; Post-larva; Postlarvae; Megalopa; Postlarva; Zoëa; Naupliar eye; Crustacean larvae; Chalimus; Chalimi; Zoea (larva); Decapod larva
·noun A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura.
Crustacean larva
CRUSTACEAN LARVAL AND IMMATURE STAGES BETWEEN HATCHING AND ADULT FORM
Nauplius (larva); Zoea; Zoeae; Zoaea; Calyptopsis; Furcilia; Puerulus; Copepodid; Glaucothoe; Post-larva; Postlarvae; Megalopa; Postlarva; Zoëa; Naupliar eye; Crustacean larvae; Chalimus; Chalimi; Zoea (larva); Decapod larva
Crustaceans may pass through a number of larval and immature stages between hatching from their eggs and reaching their adult form. Each of the stages is separated by a moult, in which the hard exoskeleton is shed to allow the animal to grow.
