nauplii
Baby shrimp stage
Nauplii is the plural of nauplius, the earliest larval stage of many crustaceans including shrimp, crabs, and barnacles.
These tiny, often microscopic organisms have a simple oval body with three pairs of appendages and a single eye.
In aquaculture, nauplii—particularly brine shrimp nauplii—are commonly used as live food for fish fry and other small aquatic animals.
The hatchery produces millions of nauplii daily to feed juvenile fish.
Profound biological restructuring
- moltShed outer covering
- instarArthropod developmental stage
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- ontogenyIndividual's developmental history
differentiation · maturation · morphogenesis · growth stages
Minute aquatic crustaceans
- barnaclesShell-armored marine clingers
- shrimpsSmall edible crustaceans
- krillSmall marine crustaceans
- brine shrimpTiny saline-water crustacean
decapods · amphipods · isopods · crabs · lobsters · crayfish · cyclops · daphnia
Drifting aquatic microorganisms
- phytoplanktonPhotosynthetic aquatic drifters
- pelagicOf the open sea
- planktonicDrifting in water
- driftersAimless travelers, homeless rovers
microscopic · oceanic · food chain · filter feeders · grazing · bloom
Sensory appendages on insects
- mandibleLower facial bone
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- chitinArthropod shell polymer
setae · compound eye · appendages · thorax · segmentation · cephalothorax · labrum
Egg incubation facility
- fish foodPellets for tank dwellers
- live feedReal-time video transmission
- rotiferCiliated microscopic aquatic invertebrate
- fryCook in hot fat
fingerlings · aquarium · hatching · enrichment · shrimp farming · broodstock
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
ontogeny · differentiation · maturation · morphogenesis · growth stages
copepods
Minute aquatic crustaceans
brine shrimp · decapods · amphipods · isopods · crabs · lobsters · crayfish · cyclops · daphnia
zooplankton
Drifting aquatic microorganisms
- phytoplanktonPhotosynthetic aquatic drifters
- pelagicOf the open sea
- planktonicDrifting in water
drifters · microscopic · oceanic · food chain · filter feeders · grazing · bloom
antennae
Sensory appendages on insects
- mandibleLower facial bone
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
chitin · setae · compound eye · appendages · thorax · segmentation · cephalothorax · labrum
hatchery
Egg incubation facility
- fish foodPellets for tank dwellers
- live feedReal-time video transmission
- rotiferCiliated microscopic aquatic invertebrate
fry · fingerlings · aquarium · hatching · enrichment · shrimp farming · broodstock