New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean – dubbed "The Hoff Crab" when it was discovered in 2010 – is the first species in its family to show different claw characteristics between sexes.

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered ... Christopher Nicolai Roterman et al, Yeti claws: Cheliped sexual dimorphism and symmetry ...

The count for each crab was repeated three times. Hemocyanin concentrations were determined using a UV-Spectrophotometric (Beijing Purkinje General Instrument Co., Ltd.) at 335 nm with 10 μL of serum ...

Their eggs, for example, serve as a major food source for shorebirds, some of which have evolved to time their migrations to coincide with peak horseshoe crab spawning activity. In addition to ...

Preserving Asian horseshoe crab populations through targeted conservation strategies Date: January 27, 2025 Source: National University of Singapore Summary: Biologists conduct the first ...

Hermit crabs live on land and use empty shells for protection. If you take proper care of them, a hermit crab can be your companion for many years. It’s important that you have all the supplies ...

A burgeoning Jonah crab population is proving a challenge for some Nova Scotia lobster fishermen. Dan Fleck, executive director of the Brazil Rock 33/34 Lobster Association, says the crabs are ...

The NOAA explained that this crab is not the kind that is found in a seafood restaurant and said that they found this almost 1,060 meters underwater. These baby king crabs look very different from ...

It was absolutely crab-ulous. Moo Deng, eat your heat out. A fun-size crustacean with a cartoonish face has smitten the internet with enamored viewers dubbing the critter the “cutest crab in the ...

Country music superstar Keith Urban had the right idea. Nick Krewen is a Toronto-based freelance contributor for the Star. Reach him via email: octopus@rogers.com.

Horseshoe crab is a unique marine species and attracts many scholars in various research fields. However, to date, the development of horseshoe crab research has not been analyzed and reported from a ...

The city-run Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum is housed in a building modeled after the brackish water arthropod. According to curator Kojiro Azumakawa, the horseshoe crab has a bowl-shaped smooth ...