KING CRAB, LIMULUS

Duration: 15 min

Creator: Rutgers Films

Format: 16mm

Description: Photography of this subject is by Norman McClintock and Earle B. Perkins. The specimens were found on the New Jersey shore of Delaware Bay. King crabs are seen swimming on the top of the water. Then on the beach, a group of these appears a clam Ensis which pushes itself into the sand. That the king crab is more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to the crab is pointed out. A slipper limpet, Crepidula, which attaches itself to the king crab is pointed out. A colony of bryozoa is pointed out. We see the newly hatched larvae. Adults return to the sea.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 595.3 Audience level: sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-sl-$25; rent $2 Distributors / rental: New Jersey State Museum; Ohio Department of Education

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946