Blue King Crab Embryos
Photo 1: Blue king crab embryo at 4-cell stage on day four.
Photo 2: Embryo at 64-cell stage.
Photo 3: Embryo at 256-cell stage.
Photo 4: Blue king crab embryo now separated from the yolk on day 157.
Photo 5: Blue king crab eyed embryo; the large black patch is the eye; yellow region is yolk; red splotches are chromatophores (color cells).
Photo 6: First blue king crab zoea larvae on day
of hatching.
Photos by Dr. Bradley Stevens.
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