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The molucca cacerola, Dimulus polyphemus, is a real living fossil that has not had

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close relatives for millions of years. It reaches 50 centimeters in length,

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being the male significantly smaller than the female. The body is divided into two regions,

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the anterior great cephalotorax and a posterior short abdomen that extends into a long

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tail, the telson. The females come out of the water to lay the eggs. With their short legs they

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move hard along the beach until they cross the line to the seabed, where they will make a hole

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to deposit them. It will leave several packages that can contain up to 20,000 eggs. The larvae,

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which are similar to adults, except for the proportional length of the telson, will swim

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freely during the first six days of life and during this period they will not be fed.