{"id":199,"date":"2020-12-17T02:31:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T02:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2021-05-10T14:23:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:23:48","slug":"invertebrates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/invertebrates\/","title":{"rendered":"Invertebrates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Blue Crab<\/strong><em>  Callinectes sapidus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22601\/2020\/12\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22601\/2020\/12\/Picture1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22601\/2020\/12\/Picture1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22601\/2020\/12\/Picture1-192x118.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s Latin name means \u201cbeautiful swimmer\u201d and it symbolizes the Chesapeake Bay. Found throughout the Bay, these invertebrates are important both commercially and ecologically. As young, they are important food sources for many fish and birds. The female in this aquarium was collected in September, 2019 and was only the size of a quarter. See video below of her snacking on some silversides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blue Crab\" width=\"833\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FbiqDWjFEe0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus It\u2019s Latin name means \u201cbeautiful swimmer\u201d and it symbolizes the Chesapeake Bay. Found throughout the Bay, these invertebrates are important both commercially and ecologically. As young, they are important food sources for many fish and birds. The female in this aquarium was collected in September, 2019 and was only the size &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/invertebrates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Invertebrates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1831,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduaquariums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}