Lobster Larvae | The Critter Corner

🚨Our spidey senses say these aren’t spiders! 🚨
Delicate drifters with long limbs may look a bit like spiders, but these beautiful babies are actually lobster larvae-the offspring of slipper lobsters.
Slipper lobsters spend most of their lives crawling along the seafloor. But in their larval stage, these fragile friends float in the midwater zone where more planktonic food can be found.
When you’re an itsy bitsy lobster larvae, help from a floating jelly can come in handy! Holding onto a jelly, like the mauve stinger, helps the lobster larvae stay in the midwater zone and focus on catching food instead of swimming.
There’s a catch though, if they stay together for too long, the lobster larva or the jelly could end up eating one another. What a way to end the friendship!!
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[@Kithara1117]

I don't know what I thought lobster larvae looked like but it wasn't this, and I definitely didn't imagine they tap danced on jellyfish

[@imreallybadatnamingthings]

Certifiably silly-looking (the music is very fitting)

[@midnightblues8205]

I find it funny that the lobster larvae's bigger than the mauve jellyfish 😂

[@sherrywebber4013]

OH MY GOSH!!! It DOES look like a spider!! ❤🎉

[@alanatolstad4824]

Thanx for the background, as I did wonder why these looked like a jellyfish!

[@luxmaggie]

I was never expecting to be hooked on videos from Monterey Bay, but here we are. My cat and I regularly enjoy your videos. Thank you!!

[@hypanusamericanus9058]

Hey Monterey Bay Aquarium team! It's nice to see you continue to pump out new, wonderful critters for the Into the Deep exhibit. Keep up the good work!
On a side note, I have recently been listening to the soundtracks for your various exhibits but I cannot seem to locate the bouncy, bass-rich song that plays in your family Splash Zone exhibit. Would you mind sharing a link or uploading it? Thank you!

[@d.thomas1541]

I always say God had the most fun designing underwater creatures! 🥰

[@osmanhossain676]

I always love ocean animals in the Pacific Oceans in California in the futures and I always love more ocean animals in the Pacific Oceans in California in the futures.

[@rogertemple7193]

Awesome amazing and thank you for showing it
especially with the catchy jazz music.🫧🪼🪼🪼🪼🫧

[@Mae_Borowski]

Lober

[@okamijubei]

Lobsters have a larval form? I thought they only have a nymph form before becoming an adult.

[@irisbazinet5743]

Awesome

[@usero-jr8yb1wf1y]

They are friends 😊

[@seanriggen]

👍🏻

[@sherrywebber4013]

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