My emerald crabs are always mating. Last night, I caught on camera, one of the females releasing her larvae. By the time I caught it on video, it was probably near the end. I earlier saw the release of about 6 or so larvae every few seconds. In the video, you can see maybe 2 or 3 being released every few seconds. Unfortunately, my compact camera doesn't have the best Macro capability so you'll just see tiny little white dots floating away from the crab. Its amazing what we see at night. I regularly see cleaner shrimp and hermit crab larvae after the lights go out.
Emerald Crab Releases Larvae (7.4 Mbytes)
[ 16 August 2002, 11:22: Message edited by: Sam W ]