Chef here. I find DOZENS of these little guys in the shittier oyster shipments we get. I got curious one day, looked it up: they're called Pea Crabs, little parasites that eat the food of the host. Normally we just throw them in the garbage, but I got curious and made some salt water for them in a little container. When I came back the next day, I saw, to my horror, that they had begun ripping each other's limbs off. Yuck
>*Pea crabs have a variety of hosts, the most important of which are mollusks. The pea crab lives in the mantle cavity of these hosts. Other hosts, in addition to oysters, include sea urchins and sand dollars. Pinnotheres can be found inside sand dollars, in the rectum of sea cucumbers, in the tubes of parchment worms, in the burrows of mud shrimp, or in the gills of sea squirts.* >**can be found inside the rectum of sea cucumbers** Just when you thought you had a shitty apartment
Kangar on April 10th, 2017 at 13:39 UTC »
*wakes up* "Ah geez, what now?" -Tiny Crab
Zwums on April 10th, 2017 at 14:36 UTC »
Chef here. I find DOZENS of these little guys in the shittier oyster shipments we get. I got curious one day, looked it up: they're called Pea Crabs, little parasites that eat the food of the host. Normally we just throw them in the garbage, but I got curious and made some salt water for them in a little container. When I came back the next day, I saw, to my horror, that they had begun ripping each other's limbs off. Yuck
Ntro524 on April 10th, 2017 at 16:14 UTC »
>*Pea crabs have a variety of hosts, the most important of which are mollusks. The pea crab lives in the mantle cavity of these hosts. Other hosts, in addition to oysters, include sea urchins and sand dollars. Pinnotheres can be found inside sand dollars, in the rectum of sea cucumbers, in the tubes of parchment worms, in the burrows of mud shrimp, or in the gills of sea squirts.* >**can be found inside the rectum of sea cucumbers** Just when you thought you had a shitty apartment