Red Rock Crabs Preparing To Moult in May
by Jonathan Morrill
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Title
Red Rock Crabs Preparing To Moult in May
Artist
Jonathan Morrill
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
This acrylic painting gives the viewer a crabs-eye view of a seasonal ritual of
Red Rock Crabs, and in this scene, it's happening at the end of the
Provincetown breakwater to Long Point.
Crabs (and other crustaceans) cannot grow in a linear fashion like most animals.
Because they have a hard outer shell (the exoskeleton) that does not grow, they must shed their shells, a process called molting.
Just as we outgrow our clothing, crabs outgrow their shells.
The red crab claw has an exoskeleton, which means they have to shed their shell
as they grow.
The red claw crab takes only a few minutes to pull off its exoskeleton
but takes a longer time to harden the new shell.
The number of moulting crabs decreases consistently with every full moon and dark moon phase. When the tide rises, the moulting activity of crabs is affected,
however, it increases during a low tide (phase of the moon ½).
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September 18th, 2022
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