The Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus), also known as the soldier crab, West Atlantic crab, tree crab, or purple pincher (due to the distinctive...

Ecuadorian hermit crab (Coenobita compressus) also known as the Pacific hermit crab is a species of land hermit crab. It is one of the two land hermit crabs commonly...

are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an asymmetric abdomen concealed by a snug-fitting shell. Hermit crabs' soft (non-calcified) abdominal...

genus Ectropis. The genus Coenobita contains 17 species of terrestrial hermit crabs. Several species in this genus are kept as pets. Coenobita species carry...

nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. This includes eighteen species of true crabs (infraorder Brachyura); three species of hermit crab; one species...

hermit crab that lives in shallow water of the Caribbean Sea and is popular in the home aquarium trade. Its common names include blue-legged hermit crab...

a European hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus, a Caribbean hermit crab Dotilla myctiroides, a true crab from South-east Asia several species of the genus...

The thinstripe hermit crab, Clibanarius vittatus, is a species of hermit crab in the family Diogenidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of...

cadenati, the red reef hermit crab or scarlet hermit crab, is a small (about 3 centimetres or 1.2 inches across) species of hermit crab with a bright red body...

The giant hermit crab (Petrochirus diogenes) is a species of marine hermit crab. This species lives in the Caribbean Sea, and often inhabits conch shells...

inhabited by large hermit crabs. In Hong Kong, Petrolisthes japonicus is common. As of 2018[update], some 4723 extant species of porcelain crab had been described...

all other sponges known as the 'hermit crab sponges,' most notably Suberites domuncula. However the Suberites hermit crab sponges are only found in deep...

water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist...

antennae or antennules. This pair is generally uniramous, but is biramous in crabs and lobsters and remipedes. The pair attached to the second segment are...

stone crab, Blue land crab, Atlantic blue crab, Jonah crab, Mangrove tree crab, Caribbean hermit crab, Sargassum swimming crab, Atlantic horseshoe crab, Yellowline...

that may be easily observed in Trinidad and Tobago such as the Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus), stream crayfish (Macrobrachium crenulatum)...

date Prod. code  67 1 "The Hermit Crab Shell Exchange" Martin Kratt Martin Kratt Caribbean Caribbean hermit crab, sea hermit crab, red cushion sea star, laughing...

European hermit crab Pagurus brevidactylus Pagurus carolinensis Pagurus defensus Pagurus impressus Pagurus longicarpus – long-clawed hermit crab Pagurus...

To protect themselves the crabs can climb trees. The only other crustaceans that climb trees are hermit crabs. Mangrove crabs often construct and inhabit...

freshwater scud Cyclops sp., water flea Clibanarius fonticola, freshwater hermit crab Asolene spixii (zebra apple snail) Marisa cornuarietis (Colombian ramshorn...

Gecarcinus ruricola is a species of terrestrial crab. It is the most terrestrial of the Caribbean land crabs, and is found from western Cuba across the Antilles...

The Pylochelidae are a family of hermit crabs. Its members are commonly called the 'symmetrical hermit crabs'. They live in all the world's oceans, except...

puncticeps is a hermit crab, in the family Diogenidae. It is found in shallow waters in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf...

the Caribbean Pilosans of the Caribbean Rodents of the Caribbean Sealife Caribbean hermit crab Caribbean Queen Conch Caribbean reef octopus Caribbean reef...

orchids. Resident animal species include iguanas, anoles, snakes, Caribbean hermit crabs, butterflies, exotic birds, and occasional goats and chickens that...

tricolor, a hermit crab species native to Madagascar Clibanarius tricolor, a hermit crab species found in shallow water of the Caribbean Sea Convolvulus...

validity): Turbo regenfusii Deshayes, 1843 - great green turban When the Caribbean hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus, or "purple pincher" as it is known in the...

hermit crab is forced to find another gastropod shell on a regular basis, whenever it grows too large for the one it is currently using. Some hermit crab...

crab, a hermit crab occupying an empty gastropod shell, a clam or other living mollusc such as the tulip shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) or the Caribbean crown...

loggerhead turtle Green iguana Red-tailed boa Mexican burrowing snake Caribbean hermit crab Golden silk orb-weaver Acalypha skutchii Cappatis truerchkhemii...