单词 | mysis stage |
释义 | > as lemmasMysis stage attributive. Designating the zoea stage in the life cycle of certain decapods, esp. lobsters and crayfish, in which the larva resembles a crustacean of the genus Mysis. Esp. in Mysis stage. ΚΠ 1865 Q. Jrnl. Sci. 2 508 This Zöea-phase afterwards gives place to one which can only be called a Mysis-phase. 1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) xiii. 523 The mysis-stage. 1902 Proc. Royal Soc. 71 70 The primary system [of chromatophores] appears in the embryo, is completed in the ‘Mysis-stage’, and persists throughout life. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xi. 223 The emerging larva is described as a ‘Mysis’ stage, because it is very like a little old-fashioned crustacean called Mysis.., which is a much less evolved type than the lobster. 1996 Dis. Aquatic Organisms 24 191 A series of experiments using mysis stage or early postlarval shrimp. < as lemmas |
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