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ECDYSIS

Definition

Periodic shedding of the outer covering, such as the exoskeleton in the Arthropoda (shrimps, crabs, lobsters). After moulting specimens are particularly vulnerable to predation. In aquaculture these moulting phases are of particular importance because of the increased vulnerability to cannibalism.

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