How long does it take for a Puget Sound King Crab to molt?
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How long does it take for a Puget Sound King Crab to molt?
Exactly one surface interval!!!
Found this little juvenile at the end of the jetty at Keystone on Sunday.
On the second dive, I took a few dive buddies back to the spot to show them. At first, I was baffled to see two, and then realized it was not two at all, but that the little guy had molted!!!
Time stamps on the photos indicate that it took somewhere around 2 hours (or less) to molt start to finish.
Fascinating!
Found this little juvenile at the end of the jetty at Keystone on Sunday.
On the second dive, I took a few dive buddies back to the spot to show them. At first, I was baffled to see two, and then realized it was not two at all, but that the little guy had molted!!!
Time stamps on the photos indicate that it took somewhere around 2 hours (or less) to molt start to finish.
Fascinating!
Jenn
Re: How long does it take for a Puget Sound King Crab to mol
COOL !
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How great to have been there at just the right time(s)!!!!!
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Re: How long does it take for a Puget Sound King Crab to mol
How cool!! I had a red rock crab in the touch tanks last week that molted WHILE I WAS TEACHING! I didn't notice until after it was completed, like you...but it's always so cool to see those things
How long does it take for a Puget Sound King Crab to molt?
+1! And with a camera!John Rawlings wrote:How great to have been there at just the right time(s)!!!!!
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What a wonderful thing to catch and document! Thanks for sharing the photos.
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Re: How long does it take for a Puget Sound King Crab to mol
What they said.
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Re: How long does it take for a Puget Sound King Crab to mol
Wow Jenn. I, too, am impressed. You have joined the ranks of elite observers.
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Re: How long does it take for a Puget Sound King Crab to mol
Thanks guys!
Here's another shot from the dives that day of another juvenile Puget Sound King Crab. The orange blob on the left is my index finger of my dryglove for size comparison. Wee little guy--we found 3 this size. Has anyone ever seen an adult PSKC there? I have not.
Here's another shot from the dives that day of another juvenile Puget Sound King Crab. The orange blob on the left is my index finger of my dryglove for size comparison. Wee little guy--we found 3 this size. Has anyone ever seen an adult PSKC there? I have not.
Jenn
Re: How long does it take for a Puget Sound King Crab to mol
Oh. My. God.
Ok, who is going to take me diving at Keystone before those guys grow up?????
(But I haven't seen an adult there either...but then again, I haven't seen an adult period, soooo...take that as you will :P)
Ok, who is going to take me diving at Keystone before those guys grow up?????
(But I haven't seen an adult there either...but then again, I haven't seen an adult period, soooo...take that as you will :P)