This is a larva few hours after hatch.Size is only 2.8 mm!


Notice that the whitish yolk has moved to the rear gut and cloaca.The oil globule remains in the yolk sac area.

The otoliths can be seen behind the eyes as small white dots.Then the oil globule.Then the air filled air bladder,which looks like a bubble,and the gut and cloaca.
The copepod is a Parvocalanus sp.
