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Physical Description

One and a half to two and a half inches and found at depths between 10 and 130 ft. The Arrow Crab inhabits North Carolina to Florida and Texas. It is also found in the Bahamas, Bermuda and West Indies to Brazil and is found on rocks, shell sand, coral rubble bottoms, coral reefs.It is mainly a nocturnal scavenger. It eats small feather duster worms and other tiny animals that inhabit the coral reef.. In the course of mating, the male Arrow Crab will hold the female Arrow Crab against his belly so that he can place a sperm packet into the female. Once the female has been fertilized she will carry her eggs underneath her abdomen until the eggs are ready to hatch. The babies that emerge are called zoea, and once they are born they swim towards the surface of the ocean and feed on small plankton. As the young Arrow Crab continues to grow it will shed its exoskeleton and will replace it with a new one. It will continue to do this until the crab has reached its maximum size.

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