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WOD code table: t_5_taxon_lifestage

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