MEGALOPS
now in form megalops. a genus of marine fishes including the indo-pacific or ox-eye tarpon, megalops cyprinoides, and the atlantic tarpon, m. atlanticus (family megalopidae).
a free-swimming larval stage in the developments of crabs, following the zoea stage and having the adult number of trunk segments and legs, and large eyes; a crab in this stage.
a free-swimming larval stage in the developments of crabs, following the zoea stage and having the adult number of trunk segments and legs, and large eyes; a crab in this stage.