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Pea crab life cycle

Diagram of the life cycle of the New Zealand pea crab.

The life cycle of the New Zealand pea crab. Juvenile and adult crabs live within green-lipped mussels, but the larval stages are free-swimming. Jessica Feickert (Leigh Marine Laboratory) recently identified the second and third zoea, megalopa and 1st juvenile stages for the first time.

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