Artificial incubation and development temperatures

[wodesorel]

Came across this paper and wanted to share! The authors wanted to check temperature effects on growth rates of hermit eggs, so they set them up for artificial incubation - in other words, removed from mom. They got several species straight through to hatching! It's a treasure trove of info for anyone trying to breed.

Thermal adaptations of embryos of six terrestrial hermit crab species
Katsuyuki Hamasaki1,*, Takahiro Matsuda1, Ken Takano1, Mio Sugizaki1, Yu Murakami1, Shigeki Dan2, Shuichi Kitada

This link should do an automatic PDF download for anyone interested.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... kPB4uHMZnz

[aussieJJDude]

Thats honestly sweet! Amazing read!

edit: also want to include a reference in case for whatever reason, the link becomes defunct.... :/

Hamasaki, Katsuyuki, Takahiro Matsuda, Ken Takano, Mio Sugizaki, Yu Murakami, Shigeki Dan, and Shuichi Kitada. "Thermal adaptations of embryos of six terrestrial hermit crab species." Aquatic Biology 25 (2016): 83-96.

DOI: 10.3354/ab00663



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[JoeHermits]

This is cool, although I’m not sure if artificial incubation is practical for the home breeder. But, hey, you never know.

I wonder if we could try it with smeared eggs.


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[mlakers]

This is excellent. Thank you!