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grav·id: ˈɡravid/ adjective 1. pregnant; carrying eggs or young. Land hermit crabs carry their brood inside of the shell until they are ready to be released into the ocean. We are building image galleries of specific body parts. If you have high resolution, clear photos that you would like to donate to this project please contact us via email: crabstreetjournal at gmail dot com Overview of the anatomy of a land hermit crab (Coenobita)Read More →

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written by Vanessa Pike- Russell 2000, updated by Stacy Griffith The life cycle of the land hermit crab is unique. It starts by the release of eggs into an ocean tide pool, where the zoea go through a series of moults and developmental stages. A baby hermit crab zoea will be a part of plankton until it grows and starts to resemble hermit crab form. Once they have developed to maturity, hermit crabs leave their watery home, making the long journey to land to find a shell for the protection of the soft abdomen Once ashore, land hermit crabs go through a metamorphosis, developing modifiedRead More →

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From mating to hatching, hermit crab zoea: Newly hatched hermit crab zoea: Hermit Crab Lifecycle (insert Link to Brodie Larval doc) MISSING PHOTOS: Zoea+1.jpg img src=”Zoea_sm.jpg Click to view larger Zoea 1 Little shrimp-like baby 36 hrs life (Please view full size) [Singapore] Posted: 12-Oct-2003 Zoea.jpg img src=”Zoea+2.jpg” Zoea 2 50 hrs life with 2 pairs of legs (please view full size) [Singapore] Posted: 12-Oct-2003 hr_Zoae+Colony.jpg img src=”Zoae+Colony.jpg Zoae Colony Found them laid on surface of volcanic rock. When put in sea water, they flick around wildly and rest like a breathing tube by hanging upside down in the deeper water. Click picture to enlarge . [Singapore]  Posted: 12-Oct-2003 hr_ZOAES+IN+THE+WATER.jpgRead More →