eng International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Arthropods 2224-4255 2022-6-1 11 2 97 119 3 article Farhana S. Ghory 1 2 Quddusi B. Kazmi 1 2 Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan The larvae of Hippolytidae show such diversity that it is impossible to frame any definition which will distinguish them as a whole from other Caridea (Gurney, 1942). The present information is based on the morpho-taxonomic study of the zoeal stages of Lysmata vittata (Stimpson, 1860). The ovigerous females of L. vittata was collected from Buleji. Larvae were hatched at room temperature 23-25oC, in filtered seawater of a salinity of 40-37 ppt and pH 7.8. Eight zoeal stages of L. vittata are described along with their illustrations, and compared with the available descriptions of its congener's larvae given earlier. http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2022-11(2)/zoeal-stages-of-Lysmata-vittata.pdf Decapoda Hippolytidae taxonomic study Lysmata vittata, Pakistan