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Fiddler Crab Life Cycle
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Megalopa
Megalopa
- Larvae live open water - within plankton
- When he larvae grow older
- Named Megalopa
Early Stage Full Crab
Zoea
- When eggs ready, mother goes in water
- Allow eggs hatch into microscopic zoea - early stage larvae (immature form)
- Amount of time spent on swimming (as true crab stage) - depends on species
- Range from few weeks to few months
- Return to land
- Female & Male look alike (Land)
Zoea
Early Stage Full Crab
Juvenile Crabs
on Land
Fiddler Crabs
- Named Fiddler Crab - male's larger claw resemble fiddle
- Female crab sometimes known as sponge crab - mass of eggs
Like a sponge
Like Fiddle
Adult Crab
Eggs
- Female fiddler crabs carry hundreds -thousands eggs in abdomen
- As grow larger - turn into adult
- Female & Male characteristics begin develop
- Adult crabs mate
- Cycle starts again Female Adult Crab
Close up to eggs
Male Adult Crab
Fiddler Crabs
By Kristina Mar
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