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The 100 pages that link to Ecdysis, each with the reason it gives.

• PhasmatodeaRelated: A phasmid must escape its old cuticle to increase in size.

• TarantulaRelated: Tarantula molting is a form of ecdysis, during which the old exoskeleton is replaced.

• Butterfly life cycleRelated: Molting lets the larva grow and enables the transition from larva to pupa.

• GeckoRelated: Geckos shed their skin as they grow, and many eat the shed skin.

• King crabRelated: King crabs must molt to increase in size, leaving them temporarily soft and vulnerable.

• MillipedeRelated: A millipede must molt to add body segments and increase in size.

• PanarthropodaRelated: Molting is a shared feature linking panarthropods to other ecdysozoans.

• PenaeidaeRelated: Penaeids must molt their rigid exoskeletons as they increase in size.

• ShellfishRelated: Crustacean shellfish must molt their rigid coverings as they grow.

• Spiny lobsterRelated: Spiny lobsters grow by molting their rigid external skeleton.

• TelsonRelated: A telson's hard cuticle is renewed when its arthropod molts.

• ZoeaRelated: A zoea grows and advances by molting its cuticle.

• Crustacean moltingCompared with: Molting includes preparation and rebuilding; ecdysis names the narrower shedding event.

• OnychophoraRelated: Velvet worms molt their cuticle, making them useful for comparative studies of ecdysozoan growth.

• PriapulidaRelated: A new cuticle must form before a growing priapulid sheds the old one.

• Termite caste systemRelated: Molting provides the stages at which termite development can shift toward a caste.

• DecapodRelated: Decapods periodically molt their exoskeletons through this process.

• Fiddler crabRelated: Molting permits growth and is necessary for regenerating a lost claw.

• RattlesnakeRelated: Each shed can add a new keratin segment to a rattlesnake’s rattle, though segments may break.

• AcariformesRelated: Acariform mites must molt between immature stages because their rigid cuticle cannot expand.

• GekkonidaeRelated: Geckos periodically shed their skin, sometimes consuming it afterward.

• Nephrops norvegicusRelated: A new, larger exoskeleton forms after each molt.

• SymphylaRelated: Symphylans molt repeatedly, adding body segments and legs during development.

• Crane flyRelated: Crane fly larvae molt as they grow, then shed the larval cuticle during pupation.

• JaekelopterusRelated: Like other arthropods, Jaekelopterus grew by moulting its rigid outer covering.

• KinorhynchaRelated: Kinorhynchs grow by molting their cuticle, as other ecdysozoans do.

• Porcelain crabRelated: Growth and appendage restoration occur across the molts porcelain crabs undergo.

• Archispirostreptus gigasRelated: Like other arthropods, this millipede must molt to increase in size.

• Corn snakeRelated: A growing corn snake sheds its complete outer skin in a process called ecdysis.

• Dead-leaf mantisRelated: Like other mantises, it must molt to increase in size.

• FirebratRelated: Firebrats continue molting after reaching adulthood, unlike most insects.

• JulidaRelated: Julid millipedes add body segments and grow through successive molts.

• Macrobrachium rosenbergiiRelated: The prawn must molt its rigid exoskeleton as it grows.

• NematomorphaRelated: Molting accompanies nematomorph development within its arthropod host.

• ProturaRelated: Protura continue moulting after reaching sexual maturity, an uncommon hexapod life-history trait.

• Scutigera coleoptrataRelated: Molting lets this centipede grow and develop through successive stages.

• Animal shellRelated: Arthropods must shed rigid coverings to grow in size.

• ArthropodologyRelated: Because the rigid exoskeleton cannot expand continuously, growth requires periodic shedding.

• Astacus astacusRelated: The noble crayfish periodically molts its exoskeleton to increase in size.

• Cancer pagurusRelated: The crab must molt its rigid shell as it increases in size.

• Common walkingstickRelated: Like other insects, it must molt to grow through juvenile stages.

• EurypterusRelated: Molting left discarded exoskeletons that could fossilize as Eurypterus remains.

• Freshwater crabRelated: Molting leaves crabs temporarily soft and vulnerable in streams and other habitats.

• Grapsus grapsusRelated: Like other crabs, it must molt to grow beyond its rigid shell.

• Homarus gammarusRelated: Molting lets this lobster increase in size despite its hard shell.

• LasiocampidaeRelated: Lasiocampid caterpillars molt repeatedly before pupation.

• Palaemon serratusRelated: Like other crustaceans, this prawn must molt as it grows.

• Penaeus monodonRelated: The prawn must molt as it grows beyond its rigid shell.

• Scylla serrataRelated: Molting determines growth and creates a soft-shell stage sought by some crab producers.

• TrombiculidaeRelated: Trombiculid mites pass through larval, nymphal, and adult stages by molting.