What is a Crab Slave? The crab slave is probably a bit like a barnacles, a parasite. The reason why it is called a crab slave is not because it is a slave to crabs, but in turn, crabs are their slaves, according to the data, about 50% of crab slaves will look for crabs in the ocean.
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Crab slaves generally inhabit the abdomen of crabs, and the insect body is divided into two parts, the crab slave outer body and the crab slave inner body, the former highlights the outside of the host body; the latter extends into the host body, spreading to the crab body trunk and appendage muscles, nervous system and internal organs and other tissues, forming a white line branch with a diameter of about 1 mm, which is used to absorb the nutrition of the crab body. At the same time, it is also the culprit affecting the crab slave disease in aquaculture.
He also has a name, called crab parasitism, just like its name, its way of survival is parasitism, which can also be understood as parasite.
Its larvae live on their own, and adults parasitize. When they find the crab, they first shell it and then inject the soft part into the crab's body.
After successful parasitism, they are shaped like a small bag, and then enter the various parts of the crab's body through the root branches to absorb nutrients. At this time, the crab is no longer a crab, but a "zombie crab", and its body is completely controlled by the crab slave.
So what if you arrive late for the crab slave? After the crab is parasitized by crab slaves, after it is severe, the crab meat will become smelly and cannot be eaten, commonly known as "bed bug crab".
Although high temperatures can kill this parasite, when you eat it, it may not be called crab meat. Perhaps, when you are hermitized by crab slaves, there is not much meat on the crab, so you are likely to not be able to eat it.