Definitions

Glaucothoe

• Ontogenetic stage in larval development of pagurid decapods. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Stage in larval development of hermit crabs, equivalent to megalopa. [McLaughlin, 1980]
• Term often used to refer to the first postlarval stage in the Anomura. [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]
• The postlarval stage of an anomuran crab. [Bliss, 1982]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Postlarva. [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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