. Fig. 3. Metanauplius. a, dorsal aspect ( x 46); d, extended carapace ( x 46); b, lateral aspect ( x 46); e, telson ( x 100); c, ventral aspect ( X 46); /, antenna ( x 100). In Figs. 3 b and c the bristles on the appendages have been omitted. of the paired eyes of the adult and of the median eye, although the latter is not easily seen. The compound eyes are in the form of two roughly spherical masses, and each contains a bunch of fibres within its tissues which is the developing luminous organ of the ocular peduncle (cf. Metschnikoft', 1869, pp. 479, 481, fig. xxxvi). The abdomen is

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