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Do Crabs Shed Their Abdomen When Molting?
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:26 am
by Jedediah
When crabs molt, does that include the abdomen? I always assumed that it just grew and only the exo on the legs and thorax had to be shed. Now here is a great picture of an exo and there's stuff that looks like it's shed skin from the abdomen and I'm not so sure any more?
Do Crabs Shed Their Abdomen When Molting?
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:03 pm
by Willow
I think there's a very thin skin that's shed from the abdomen? Anyway, I had a topside moulter once, and it did seem to have a really thin layer of skin from that area.
Do Crabs Shed Their Abdomen When Molting?
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:08 pm
by Nicole
I don't think it's solely the front of the crab that is shed. I had a few topside molts when I first got my crabs and if you look at the freshly molted exo there's definitely a soft stringy membrane attached.
Do Crabs Shed Their Abdomen When Molting?
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:47 pm
by Jedediah
When insects molts, there are white strand of membrane that come from inside their exo, so it might be the same with crabs