A recent crash in population prompted a multi-partnership study to analyze crab abundance patterns in the Pacific Northwest.

59, No. 2, 2014 Larval behavior and dispersal mechanisms... Using a combination of empirical and model studies we tested whether European shore crab larvae (Carcinus maenas) from environments with ...

In spring, the sea is full of planktonic crab larvae, flicking their tails to swim as they hunt small copepods and other plankton. Crab larvae don't look like adult crabs: they have huge spines on ...

This is a reconstruction of fossil crab larva (a) ventral aspects, (b) dorsal aspects. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

The Caribbean hermit crab, for example ... where contact with seawater causes the eggs to burst and the larvae to float away. The larval crabs will live on ocean plankton, molting through several ...

The king crab larvae are shrimp-like and last two or three months as larvae before developing into tiny crabs. Female snow crabs lay around 16,000 to 160,000 eggs, hatching simultaneously in late ...

As part of the ”Embryonic and larval development plan for repopulation of Patagonian king crab (Lithodes santolla)“, in conjunction with the companies that catch this species, the experience ...