Pitho crab releasing eggs?

JoJosReef · May 26, 2023

Caught the pitho crab fully out of the sand tonight, which itself is a bit weird, then noticed she/he was up to something. Does anyone know if it's a she and if it's releasing eggs? Hard to see in the video, but there were occasional white balls floating out that looked like ROE. Sorry about the music background--the kids were messing with the Google speaker.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5wViEc1hN8SZgQTUA

ISpeakForTheSeas · May 28, 2023

I'm going to say probably, yes - at least based off of how crabs of other species release their eggs:

Pitho crab releasing eggs?

JoJosReef

There's some lovely filth down here!

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