barnacle nauplius larva

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barnacle nauplius larva

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I had a great weekend with my friends of the dutch microscopist society but I am still waiting for my films to be developed. I'll post an image of a marine plankton organism I made earlier. It is a larva of a barnacle, the nauplius stage. The resemblance with copepod larvae shows that the shelled barnacles are crustaceans, not molluscs. The barnacle larvae have these characteristic 'horns'. Shot with d.i.c. with a 10X neofluar.

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Beautiful image Wim :D I have never seen a nauplius quite like this one before. Thanks for the post, interesting :)
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Hi ya' Wim :D

What a beautiful image of a strange looking creature. Theory has it that life came from outer space. Perhaps it's true. A nauplius looks very alien! :D Thanks for sharing this with us. I would never have seen a marine nauplius had you not posted this image. :D

Best regards as always, my friend :D
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What a wild looking little creature! Great shot!

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Are such naupli as common in marine plankton samples as adult barnacles?

Beautiful! Very "van Egmond" style :-)
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Post by Kenv »

Beautiful illumination here Wim.
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They are indeed very common!

I would recommend a spring visit to the sea because marine plankton is a great source for interesting organisms.

Wim

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