tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407463303452874808.post523683770781325889..comments2024-03-28T04:48:45.646-07:00Comments on The Natural History of Bodega Head: Guess who?Jackie Soneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821666641976187688noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407463303452874808.post-84622903452695825562017-02-16T10:10:48.287-08:002017-02-16T10:10:48.287-08:00Hi, KB!
Not sure if I should reveal the answer be...Hi, KB!<br /><br />Not sure if I should reveal the answer before tonight's post...but perhaps I should! You win! It <i>is</i> a Pelagic Red Crab zoea!<br /><br />I'll show some more pictures tonight. They're pretty darn cute. And it's fun to see what they look like/how they swim/etc. There aren't many photos/videos of live Pelagic Red Crab zoeae, so we hope to change that tonight.<br /><br />:) JackieJackie Soneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13821666641976187688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407463303452874808.post-57196785182076658392017-02-16T09:40:49.197-08:002017-02-16T09:40:49.197-08:00Pass out the cigars! Pelagic red crab!?!?!?!
KB :)...Pass out the cigars! Pelagic red crab!?!?!?!<br />KB :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407463303452874808.post-12632951036973300552017-02-16T06:18:44.892-08:002017-02-16T06:18:44.892-08:00Hi, Tim!
Good guess! It is in fact a zoea...but n...Hi, Tim!<br /><br />Good guess! It is in fact a zoea...but not of a prawn, as I think you knew.<br /><br />And for those of you who don't know what a "zoea" is, it's the free-swimming larval stage of decapod crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, and shrimp).<br /><br />I'll reveal which species this is later tonight!<br /><br />:) JackieJackie Soneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13821666641976187688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407463303452874808.post-8044632400284594332017-02-16T00:29:57.268-08:002017-02-16T00:29:57.268-08:00we have just been going through zooplankton sample...we have just been going through zooplankton samples in the lab. A prawn zoea? That is as specific as I can guess, but the can all look alike! although the eyes look unusual. I like the rear facing spines on the carapace whatever it is. Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354941592362507979noreply@blogger.com