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	Crab Leg Grew Back
pizpot Big Fish Posts: 382 Kudos: 82 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Oct-2002	Edited by pizpot My moon crab just grew his leg back. Way to go Crabby. When I got him a year+ ago, he had a broken tip (toe). Then when he molted the 1st time, that whole leg was left behind, and he had to make do with 7 legs only. Well, he molted again, and the leg is back. We suspect he grew it in his body, not in with another leg. I actually was looking at him just before he molted. He had a blue line abound his body, and that is where the shell parted. Too bad I didn't keep looking. He did it in the afternoon.
Posted 01-May-2006 00:05
Garofoli Big Fish Posts: 337 Kudos: 143 Votes: 27 Registered: 12-Apr-2006	Thats Really cool. What type of crab was it? Chris
Posted 01-May-2006 00:12
pizpot Big Fish Posts: 382 Kudos: 82 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Oct-2002	Edited by pizpot I wish I knew what kind of crab it is. It was called Moon crab. I also think it is a rainbow crab. I hear it is an African lake crab. Here is a blurry pic of his old shell with the lid up. http://members.shaw.ca/pizpot/pics/crab-top.jpg
Posted 01-May-2006 00:37
Garofoli Big Fish Posts: 337 Kudos: 143 Votes: 27 Registered: 12-Apr-2006	That sort of looks like the Porcelain Anemone Crab. But it dosent have legs with a little white on them. Chris
Posted 01-May-2006 00:42
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Not a porcelain crab or at least any species I know that goes by that name. A quick search shows 2 possible scientific names for this crab Matuta Lunaris or Cardisoma armatum. I think the latter is more often called the rainbow crab. I don't know enough about crabs to identify it beyond that. All crabs, shrimp, and crayfish will regrow lost limbs on their next molt or 2.
Posted 01-May-2006 03:56
pizpot Big Fish Posts: 382 Kudos: 82 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Oct-2002	Edited by pizpot Here is a shot of the crabs last two shells. http://members.shaw.ca/pizpot/pics/shells640.jpg and a little pic which shows his real color. http://members.shaw.ca/pizpot/pics/crab-color.png
Posted 18-May-2006 06:48


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