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Juvenile oyster survival sharply declined at shrimp densities of 50–100 shrimp m² through sediment reworking burying the oysters (Willapa Bay). This result informs commercial harvest strategies and management of vulnerable oyster populations
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Upogebia pugettensis, probably the coolest of the burrowing shrimp found in Washington state's outer coast estuaries purely on looks alone. #bigshrimpin
20.04.2025 04:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I wasn't aware of this one, and it is wild to me that a very benthic crab would be in there. As opposed to swimming crabs or something
Onto crab feed 🦀
On the left is a pom-pom crab (Lybia leptochelis) holding a small Alicia sp. anemone in each of its claws, and next to its on the right is an Alicia anemone which has been removed from the crab and fed for 3 months to satiation. From the paper: Schnytzer, Y., Giman, Y., Karplus, I., & Achituv, Y. (2013). Bonsai anemones: Growth suppression of sea anemones by their associated kleptoparasitic boxer crab. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 448, 265-270. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098113002827
Pom-pom crabs may look cute with their anemone pom-poms, but they deliberately starve their anemones in order to keep them small.
When removed from the crab and properly fed, those anemones can grow much, MUCH bigger. 🦀
#Invertebrate 🧪
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