the MDS during the metamorphosis into megalopae was related to the
fourth-stage zoeal and megalopal morphologies. All of the coefficients
were positive, and the AIC was lowest in the model in which the CHL
of the fourth-stage zoeae was used as the explanatory variable.
The analysis of DSf in the megalopae showed that the coefficients of
the other morphological measurements related to the megalopae had
strong positive relationships (P b 0.0001), whereas the morphological
measurements of the fourth-stage zoeae had no effects on the frequency