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Specimen
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A short video highlighting the nauplius - the young, larval form of the small crustacean, Cyclops. For copepods like Cyclops, the egg hatches into a nauplius form, with a head and a tail but no true thorax or abdomen, so it looks nothing like its adult form. The larva molts several times until it resembles the adult and then, after more molts, achieves adult development. The nauplius form is so different from the adult form that it was once thought to be a separate species. Cyclops are commonly called Water Fleas due to the resemblance of the Cyclops nauplii to fleas found on land. From water samples collected at Kingfisher Pond in Northstowe, Cambridgeshire. |