page_title: Nauplius
hierarchical_section_title: Nauplius
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing of a cirriped nauplius larva Français&#160;: Dessin d'un nauplius de cirripède
context_page_description: A nauplius is the first larval form of most crustacea. It develops from the egg, and may be followed by later stages before the adult form is reached. In some groups there can be as many as nine larval stages. Sometimes the nauplius stage is passed through in the egg, and then a later stage emerges from the egg.
context_section_description: A nauplius (plural: nauplii) is the first larval form of most crustacea. It develops from the egg, and may be followed by later stages before the adult form is reached. In some groups there can be as many as nine larval stages. Sometimes the nauplius stage is passed through in the egg, and then a later stage emerges from the egg.
caption: Diagram of a cirripede nauplius larva
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