Do Porcelain Crabs Molt?

[BigEZ77]

Strange thing happened the other day. I saw what looked like my porcelain crab out in the open and no longer alive. Today I was looking in the tank with a flashlight and saw my live porcelain crab under a rock filter feeding as normal. Do crabs shed their shell like shrimp do?

Thanks,

 

[downbeach]

All crustaceans shed their shells, as they grow.

 

[BigEZ77]

Thanks.

 

[Pigpen17]

Yup. The first time it happened, I thought my porcelain crab exploded. Just bits of shell everywhere. One time though it was a perfect intact outer body. I wanted to keep that one. It was kind of cool.