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megalopa-dorsal view

megalopa-lateral view

What do new-born crabs look like?

After approximately 6 or 7 molts, the zoea changes into a post-larval form known as the megalopa.

The megalopa has claws like a crab, but can swim and crawl on the bottom.

Eventually the megalopa settles and metamorphoses to the first crab stage.