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Scanning electron microscopy of the cypris larvae of Capitulum mitella (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Scalpellomorpha).

(10) The scene of Venus's birth is part of Poliziano's ekphrasis of the doors to the Palace of Venus on the island of Cypris, on which Vulcan has sculpted a series of mythological scenes illustrating the triumph of love.

(11.) "Then, too, is the holy image laden with garlands, the famous image of ancient Cypris, whom of old Theseus with the youths established when he was sailing back from Crete.

During the final molt, the creature acquires compound eyes and a pair of antennae, thus completing its transition to a nonfeeding dispersal stage called a cypris.

The cypris larvae of the cirripedes are planktonic, and when they fall on rocks they attach themselves by means of a cement-like substance secreted by glands in the first antennae.

Another possible example is exhibited by cypris larvae of barnacles, which utilize their antennular attachment organs to fasten to the substratum while they explore it (e.g., Yule and Walker 1984, 1987).

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An ancient center of her worship was the island of Cyprus, for which she was often called Cypris. In Rome, she was identified with Venus.

This introduces the question of whether structural diversity of the cypris antennule is correlated with the diversity of habitats and substrata used in settlement by cirripede species.