Why are they so BASED?
>>4795037because of crabitalism
>>4795037Finally a good thread! Crustaceans are extremely based
>>4795037Did you know that woodlice are crustaceans?Now you know.
>>4795181Is this real
>>4795193i searched a bit and yeah! they do!
to keep this thread alive, im gonna ask, what crustacean from your country is your favorite? mine is "Petrolisthes violaceus"
>>4795317I like em lobsters..
>>4795317Echidnocerus cibarius
>>4795646there is no way this is real
triops
>>4795181>UOOOOOOOOOOOHHH
>>4795653Parasitic copepods... the real aliens
>>4795189Wheres their big, MEATY, C L A W S ?
>>4795646wtf is that...
>>4795669Kek
>>4795687its a barnacle specialized to living in the body cavity of starfish
>>4795653>>4795687>newfags dont know what dendrogaster iskek
>>4795783no but im i am eager to learn, that's why I'm here. fucking insane to me that they're crustaceans..
the duality of crustaceans>hehe new snib snab fren :DD
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>>4795804
>barnacles are crustaceans um excuse me what the actual f
>Nice eyes bro, would be a shame if you became blind for your multiple hundred years of lifespan
>>4795803I like the way they dash off with their arms in front of them>>4795804What the fuck is that
>>4795803can you keep these in a tank?
>>4795840>>4795841what are these guyswhy do they look so yummy
>>4795839Goose barnacles
>>4795789they're a specialized type of barnacle that lives in the body cavity of starfishyou dont need many body parts when you spend your entire life inside an animal, so legs, eyes, armor, anything that makes them recognizable as a crustacean is gone.the only thing that's left is the digestive surface and reproductive organs, they basically get tapeworm-ifiedthis is seen in a lot of other crustaceans, like sacculina or basically any parasitic copepodsome look like living banana peels, others are barely recognizable as anything other than a blob of fleshthey're only recognizable as crustaceans from their larval stages, the nauplius, which i'm pretty sure all crustaceans have in common
>>4795257Why?
>>4795819The ocean is no place for slow children.Hail Moloch :)
>>4795189Did you know insects are crustaceans?Now you know.
>>4795865 They probably cant be kept in tanks due to them being pelagic filter feeders, but what do i know, try it for yourself!>4796016as a defense mechanism, spitting water supposedly makes predators go away
>>4796020>>4795189Well that kinda makes sense. They do look very similar. Horseshoe crabs, shrimps and ancient guys like the nautilus make it very obvious that crustaceans are ocean bugs, or the OG insects.Makes me wonder, did the sea spider appear first or did it first appear on land? They're not related, but still.
>>4796063i had a little aneurysm reading that comparison but let me teach you:Horseshoe crabs arent related to isopodsShrimps and isopods are from the subphylum crustacean and nautilus is the name for a genus of cephalopods! and the sea spider is more related to horseshoe crabs alongside spiders, since they all are chelicerata (a subphylum) and about who came first? the fossil record shows that the sea spiders are older than spiders
>>4797749awwww what a cutie :)
finna throw hands nigga
>>4798435such as…?
>>4798614>he doesnt knowlizardman propaganda got to you
>>4795037I fucking love vampire crabs bros I need these little guys in my life. Does anyone else own them? Is it worth it? It seems worth it. Is it smart to mix their different colour morphs?
>>4797874Ah yes, the famous peacock mantis shrimp. Also known as the flaming faggot of the seas. His rainbow colours and fancy eyes tell of a 'tism that cannot be defined in even the most elaborate of self-defined sexualities.
Giant Isopods are the best
>>4798976They have really cool weapons and coloring so they make up for it
>>4798968WOT incoming.I had them, or still have them.Bought two of the normal purple ones (Geosesarma dennerle) in 2007. Both died. Bought another pair in 2009. Both died. Bought another pair in 2010. Reproduced like rabbits and i had a large colony until 2018, when i made the mistake of redoing their tank- never change a running system. All males fought for terrirtoy and killed themselves, had only two female that werent pregnant and also died later in 2012 (old age, they die after two years). Bought other two from a store in 2021, one died, bougt another one, both lived for one year, then died. Bought a pair of red ones (Geosesarma hagen) 2022, both turned out to be male, exchanged them to a breeder for four captive bred ones (now Geosesarma tiomanicum) Asshole breeder told me they were two males two females, i trusted him but i turned out three males one female. on male became violent and killed the two other males. Then i did redo the tank, found the alpha male and the female, which looked still brown (juvenile) but somehow pregnant. I did redesing their tank like this https://www.youtube.com/@IndoorEcosystem/videos guy here does his tanks (watch him, good videos) and now the female is gone, i cant find her, i see the male occasionally but not her. i hope shes still alive and carrying babies. Important: The death toll as i have shown is catastrophic cause most of them are wild caught. its like russian roulette cause they are treated like shit during import and arrive weak or already dieing. get captive bred ones if possible. i dont get why more people bred them, you dont have to do anything, they are basically land CPO crayfish. And no, never, NEVER mix differend colours because those are not morphs but species. theyll fucking massacre each other.
>>4802046chelicerate chuds out
>>4802302Imagine the snibs
>>4802302Ah yes, the elephant circumcising crab. A remarkable specimen.
>>4802302What does it even need that for? Killing sharks?
Crabs are ugly
>>4802367killing each other
>>4802336>Why yes, I love being bread
>>4802375I think something went wrong in the oven with this one…
