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 ...

Another study examined the dietary effects of intensively reared zoeae (larval crustaceans) on the survival and growth of paralarvae of the East Asian common octopus, Octopus sinensis. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

In the realm of crustaceans, particularly stomatopods, research has uncovered that even larval forms possess complex visual systems capable of detecting UV light, which was previously thought to ...

FEEDING: Small larvae begin feeding on unicellular algae, planktonic animals, and small crustaceans. As they grow, their diet shifts nearly exclusively to copepods (small crustaceans). THREATS: ...