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Table 4 Total length (μm, mean ± SD) of naupliar stages I–VI observed in larval cultures of different species of the genus Megabalanus

From: A description of the larval development of Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916) reared in the laboratory

Nauplius

M. azoricus

M. californicus

M. coccopoma

M. tintinnabulum

M. rosa

M. volcano

I

261 ± 12.9

394 ± 10

222–248

264

245 ± 9

229 ± 7

II

357 ± 11.8

454 ± 8

364–390

404

434 ± 14

390 ± 9

III

413 ± 9.0

547 ± 7

439–469

516

503 ± 11

476 ± 14

IV

722 ± 17.6

702 ± 7

560–634

610

604 ± 27

552 ± 20

V

905 ± 11.8

798 ± 11

737–806

784

780 ± 25

670 ± 33

VI

912 ± 11.8

1,028 ± 24

869–896

880

963 ± 33

941 ± 35

  1. M. azoricus—present study; M. californicus—Miller and Roughgarden 1994; M. coccopoma—Severino and Resgalla 2005; M. tintinnabulum—Thiyagarajan et al. 1997, no SD given by the authors; M. rosa and M. volcano—Kado and Hirano 1994