Moulting of a deep-sea galatheid crab (Anomura, Galatheidae) at a depth of3572 m

Authors
Iwasaki, N Maeda, T Momma, H
Citation
N. Iwasaki et al., Moulting of a deep-sea galatheid crab (Anomura, Galatheidae) at a depth of3572 m, HYDROBIOL, 436(1-3), 2000, pp. 237-239
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
HYDROBIOLOGIA
ISSN journal
00188158 → ACNP
Volume
436
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
237 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(200010)436:1-3<237:MOADGC>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The moulting of the deep-sea galatheid crab, Mundopsis sp. was observed usi ng a seafloor observatory at a depth of 3572 m in Nankai Trough, western Ja pan. The duration of the ecdysis was 147 seconds. The crab rested on the su bstratum until ecdysis was complete. After ecdysis, it flicked and moved aw ay from its exuviae. The newly moulted galatheid crab did not consume its c ast exoskeleton.