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Balanus amphitrite amphitrite D. is a common ship-fouling species encountered in many waters of the world. The larval metamorphosis of this species together with otherTetraclitid andChthamalid barnacles was examined under controlled laboratory conditions with a view to describing appropriately each of its six nauplii and cyprid stage. The naupliar characters such as setation of antennule, carapace sculpture, abdominal bulb and caudal process have been critically examined and their importance as the characters of diagnostic value has been discussed. The present study, carried out as it is on the live organisms, has helped to improve the descriptions of the larvae and has thus ensured their reliable identification in the plankton samples.
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Karande, A.A. Larval development ofBalanus amphitrite amphitrite D. Reared in the laboratory. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 77, 56–63 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045553
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