Something Different on Body of Naked Crab ????

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:01 pm

Thank You,
I think I will put the pics up so others can see what a molt sack looks like..

Oh, I just have to say..It's great reading about ya Mike...OIF_VET...

OIF_VET · Post by **OIF_VET** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:27 am

Thank you

Please feel free to ask me any questions. I Have no qualms about answering any.
Once again, Congrats on an Impending molt

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:04 am

Hi All,

Well, he couldn't wait...He molted already...lol
He is doing great..Happy Crabby....

Thank Again Everyone....

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:01 pm

Yeagh! Congrats on the molt! I hope he recovers soon and is back to his old self.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:43 pm

Sorry Im late to this topic...

From what Ive seen in the Images, the peice of anatomy in question is called an "abdominal lobe." I do not think that this i the same as a molt sac, as everything ive seen in the past a a molt sac is actually darker in color, and not part of the crab itself.

THe strcture is identified as an abdominal lobe in two images in an article by Farrely and Greenway. The article The morphology and vasculature of the respiratory organs of terrestrial hermit crabs (Coenobita and Birgus): gills, branchiostegal lungs and abdominal lungs was published in Arthropod Structure & Development 34 (2005) 63â€“87.

The images are presented below, with the peice of anatomy in question labled as ab.l.

Note that the structure appears on the left side of the body in one image, and the right side of the body the other.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:24 pm

What does the abdominal lobe do?
I didn't know that a molt sac was not attached to the body.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:27 pm

ive been trying to do research on the function of the abdominal lobe, but am realy coming up short.

I am pretty sure that a molt sac is not something that is connected to the body in the way that an abdominal lobe is.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:29 pm

Is there a good picture of a molt sac in your research articles? I'm curious to see the difference.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:33 pm

I actually havnt been able to find any formal scientific information regarding the molting process, let alone images...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:41 pm

That's cool. If you do, that would be a great thing to put in the gallery.