Just a few questions...

[NotaMallard]

How does a hermie work internally? As in, where does the food go from the mouth and what organs does it pass through. And the respiratory system: what happens to the air after it enters the gills? I know my mammal and reptile anatomy quite well, but I'm not so sure about invertebrates. Thanks!

Also, if you have any information regarding other crustaceans, such as fiddler crabs, I'd like to know that too.

[Juan576]

This is a mole/sand crab's (Emerita analoga) respatory and circulatory stystem: http://bio.classes.ucsc.edu/bio136/LabM ... /FigE6.jpg

Sorry. That's all I could find.

[NotaMallard]

Thanks! It is helpful, at least now I know where some things are.

[Juan576]

Yay! I found others:

Blue crab:
http://library.thinkquest.org/26153/mar ... h/732a.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~wweinkle/crabdorsint.gif

Crayfish:
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/7648/internal.jpg

looking for more now...

hope this helps more

[Juan576]

other for crayfish!
http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/Labor ... mage28.gif

still nothing on hermies....

[Juan576]

Yay! Some more!

Lobster:
http://kosintrang.tripod.com/lobster_in ... natomy.jpg
http://www.gma.org/lobsters/lobstersideview.gif


Sorry, still nothing for hermies

[Juan576]

Marine snail:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/009/ag150e/AG150E13.gif

[NotaMallard]

Thanks, again! The crayfish ones, especially the first, are very helpful. They definitely help me understand more about the digestive system.

[Juan576]

You are welcome! Glad to help!