Eggs on emerald crab's leg?

[claytonga87]

Has anyone seen this or know what could possibly be please? There appears to be a mass of eggs on this emerald crabs hind leg. I would assume if the crab had it's own eggs they would be tucked under the abdomen?

 

[CoralB]

Has anyone seen this or know what could possibly be please? There appears to be a mass of eggs on this emerald crabs hind leg. I would assume if the crab had it's own eggs they would be tucked under the abdomen?

Do you have another emerald ?

 

[claytonga87]

Yes there's a total of 5 of them in the tank.

 

[claytonga87]

Do you have another emerald ?

Yes, there's a total of 5 of them in the tank.

 

[CoralB]

Yes, there's a total of 5 of them in the tank.

Not too familiar but you may be a papa or mama

 

[claytonga87]

Yea but the eggs I would thinks should be under her tail flipper, abdomen if that wer the case?

 

[CoralB]

Yea but the eggs I would thinks should be under her tail flipper, abdomen if that wer the case?

Well if you think about it wouldn’t the crab have move if something was laying its eggs on it

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Has anyone seen this or know what could possibly be please? There appears to be a mass of eggs on this emerald crabs hind leg. I would assume if the crab had it's own eggs they would be tucked under the abdomen?

Any chance of clearer pics? And yes, crabs carry their eggs underneath their aprons (i.e. underneath their body).