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WOD code table: t_5_taxon_lifestage

code_name Taxon lifestage
units WOD code table
1 EGG/OVA
2 NAUPLIUS/NAUPLII
3 ZOEA (decapods)
4 MEGALOPA (decapods)
5 VELIGER (gastropods)
6 LARVA
7 JUVENILE
8 ADULT
9 LARVA+JUV+ADULTS (Codes 6+7+8)
10 C5: COPEPODITE V
11 POSTLARVAE/SUB-ADULT (Codes 7+8)
12 CYPHONAUTES larva (byrozoa)
13 PHYLLOSOMA larva (Palinuridae)
14 PILIDIUM larva (Nemertea)
15 TORNARIA larva (Enteropneusta)
16 TROCHOPHORE larva
17 ARACHNACTIS* larva (Cerianthida)
18 ACTINOTROCHA* larva (Phoronidae)
19 EMBRYO (e.g.; sea urchin embryo)
20 CYPRIS larva (barnacle)
21 BIPINNARIA larva (Asteroidea)
22 OPHIOPLUTEUS larva (Ophiuroidea)
23 ECHINOPLUTEUS larva (Echinoidea)
24 "hypnospores" refers to "resting stages"; "cysts"; etc.
25 C1: COPEPODITE I
26 C2: COPEPODITE II
27 C3: COPEPODITE III
28 C4: COPEPODITE IV
29 COPEPODITE(S) sum of various (unspecified) copepodite stages
30 CALYPTOPIS (Euphausids)
31 FURCILIA (Euphausids)
32 N1: NAUPLIUS I
33 N2: NAUPLIUS II
34 N3: NAUPLIUS III
35 N4: NAUPLIUS IV
36 N5: NAUPLIUS V
37 METANAUPLIUS
38 POLYP (Anthozoa
39 MEDUSAE
40 INDETERMINABLE
41 GAMETES
42 ORTHONAUPLIUS
43 C1-5: COPEPODITE I-V all stages (1-5) were counted
44 DEAD or non-viable
45 LIVING or viable
46 MULLERS LARVA (Turbellaria)
47 EGGS + LARVAE (Codes 1+6)
48 N6: NAUPLIUS VI could be metanauplius
49 PLUTEUS larva (Echinodermata)
50 C3-4: COPEPODITE 3 - 4 stages (3-4) were counted in one group
51 C5-6: COPEPODITE 5 - 6 stages (5-6) were counted in one group
52 C6: COPEPODITE VI
53 N2-3: NAUPLII 2 - 3
54 N3-4: NAUPLII 3 - 4
55 N4-5: NAUPLII 4 - 5
56 N5-6: NAUPLII 5 - 6
57 C4-5: COPEPODITE 4 - 5
58 N3-5: NAUPLII 3 - 5
59 C1-2: COPEPODITE 1 - 2
60 C2-3: COPEPODITE 2 - 3
61 PUPA
62 NYMPH
63 PROTOZOEA
64 MYSIS
65 GLAUCOTHOE
66 POLYGASTRIC PHASE
67 EUDOXID PHASE
71 MOLT STAGE 1 (decapods)
72 MOLT STAGE 2 (decapods)
73 MOLT STAGE 3 (decapods)
74 MOLT STAGE 4 (decapods)
75 MOLT STAGE 5 (decapods)
76 MOLT STAGE 6 (decapods)
77 MOLT STAGE 7 (decapods)
78 MOLT STAGE 8 (decapods)
79 MOLT STAGE 9 (decapods)
80 C1-4: COPEPODITE 1 - 4 Life stages counted in one group
81 C1-6: COPEPODITE 1 - 6 Life stages counted in one group
82 N1-6: NAUPLII 1 - 6 Life stages counted in one group
83 ECHINOSPIRA Veliger larva of Lamellaria persicua
84 MASTIGOPUS First post-larval stage of Shrimp (+crabs)
85 EPHYRA Life stage genus Aurelia
86 C1-3: COPEPODITE 1 - 3 Stages (1-3) were counted in one group
89 OOTHECA Firm-walled and distinctive egg sack
90 EXUVIA Remains of an exoskeleton that are left after crustacean have moulted
91 C1-2
92 C4-6: COPEPODITE 4 - 6 Stages (4 - 6) were counted in one group
93 C3-5: COPEPODITE 3 - 5 Stages (3 - 5) were counted in one group
94 OOTHECA + CYSTAE Life stages counted in one group
95 LARVAE 1 Bivalvia larval stage
96 LARVAE 2 Bivalvia larval stage
97 LARVAE 3 Bivalvia larval stage
98 ZOEA I Decapoda zoeal stage
99 ZOEA II Decapoda zoeal stage
100 AURICULARIA Larval form of ECHINODERMATA
101 OPHIOPLUTEUS 1 Larval stage of ECHINODERMATA
102 OPHIOPLUTEUS 2 Larval stage of ECHINODERMATA
103 OPHIOPLUTEUS 3 Larval stage of ECHINODERMATA
104 JUVENILE + COP 1 Life stages counted in one group
105 JUVENILE + COP 2 Life stages counted in one group
106 JUVENILE + COP 3 Life stages counted in one group
107 MITRARIA larva Polychaeta (Owenia) larva