The Crustacean Metamorphosis
Crustacean; an anthropod class, from Latin ‘crusta’, literally meaning “crust, rind, bark, hard shell”. But what makes a crustacean a crustacean? A crustacean has the following features: a segmented body with a hard exterior (known as an exoskeleton), jointed limbs, each often with two branches (termed biramous) and two pairs of antennae―crabs and shrimps and prawns for example! Ever seen a developing one in a tank or aquarium? The unlikeliness of their metamorphosis surely deserves a whole article. Of course, everything varies from species to species. Nonetheless, we are going to focus on the three examples above, because if we are to enumerate all of them, we’ll be up until their next molting. How do you get in touch with a crab? I don’t know, man. Call it on its shell-phone? Kidding. Oh crab! That was a lame joke wasn’t it? Blame it on those super hard shells that make it difficult to enjoy, especially a seafood mukbang. Did you know that the thick shells covering their bodies ...