What kind of camouflage does a crab have?

Answer 1

* Decorator crab research has centered on the areas of camouflage and dietary preference. In a study done by Kilar and Lou (1986) it was found that a decorator crabs' feeding selection is not independent of decorating activityhttp://www.thecephalopodpage.org/MarineInvertebrateZoology/Macr... * Observations of 129 crabs suggest that the colour depends neither on depth nor on size, intermoult period, diet, reproductive period but it might be connected to genetic factors and might help crab to camouflagehttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/hydr/2006/00000557/00...

Answer 2

The Camouflage Crab is a crab which excretes a chemical onto its shell. The chemical is sticky and he then throws things which his pincers onto his back and blends in with his surroundings. he can put anything on his back ranging from sand to coral to stones.

Answer 3

camouflage crabs live in rockpools and other marine places they camouflage themselves with whatever natural things they have with them (mud, leaves and corals). that's how they hide from their predators.

Answer 4

Crayfish eat small fish, plankton, worms, various insects, aqueous plants, snails, and dead things also.

Answer 5

Speaking specifically about Chesapeake Bay Blue crabs, their top shell has a very similar coloration as their normal surroundings (mud, sand, rocks) on the bottom of the Bay.