vexillifer larva An elongate, planktonic, pre-adult stage of most, perhaps all, Carapidae characterized by a long, filamentous, usually ornamented dorsal appendage, the vexillum.

• 跗端幼生一个大部分或全部，细长，浮游性，前成鱼阶段，潜鱼科特徵为长的，丝状，通常装饰背部附肢，羽瓣。