ゾエア

noun

zoea

A larval stage of certain crustaceans, such as crabs and shrimps, characterized by a spiny carapace and swimming appendages. Used in biological contexts.

• カニのゾエアはプランクトンとして海かい中ちゅうを漂ただよう。

  Crab zoeae drift in the sea as plankton.