The larval crabs will live on ocean plankton, molting through several stages before acquiring a shell of their own and coming back to land. Hermit crabs don’t breed well in captivity ...

As ecosystems around the planet undergo rapid transformations, policymakers and land managers are grappling with a pressing question: When is it time to stop resisting ecological changes and accept a ...

Vertical swimming rhythms of larvae may have evolved together with other traits that permit estuarine living. BARNWELL, F. H., AND C. L. THURMAN. 1984. Taxonomy and biogeography of fiddler crabs of ...

Scientists believe the small crab boarded the research vessel from a plastic bag lifted from the seabed during the coral sampling expedition.

FEEDING: Adult hitch are open-water feeders that almost exclusively eat Daphnia — small, planktonic crustaceans known as “water fleas.” Juveniles feed primarily on the larvae and pupae of chironomid ...

In their plankton-dwelling larval phases, the diversity of true crabs is highest. Meanwhile, diversity is lowest in an ...

Larval Morphology of a Recently Recognized Barnacle, Chthamalus neglectus (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Chthamalidae), from Hong Kong Larval Morphology of a Recently Recognized Barnacle, Chthamalus ...

The colorful crustaceans are so valuable that there have even been international smuggling attempts of its larvae. Commercially-bred pearl lobsters sell for about $50 per kilogram, while wild ...

The strands look a lot like the food that larval fish crave: tiny copepods, bluish crustaceans with long, skinny antennae. In larval mahi-mahis, Whitney and Gove found no plastic. They’re not ...