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Crab larva

Tiny crab larva zooplankton.

Some zooplankton species are permanently free-floating in the water column; others may only be present for short periods of their life cycle, like this crab larva, for example.

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Rights: Nature Adrift
Published: 17 September 2009Size: 223.61 KB
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