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  2. Hermit crab - Wikipedia

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    A hermit crab emerges from its shell, Coenobita perlatus Outside its shell, the soft, curved abdomen of hermit crabs, such as Pagurus bernhardus, is vulnerable. Hermit crab species range in size and shape, from species only a few millimeters long to Coenobita brevimanus (Indos Crab), which can approach the size of a coconut and live 12–70 years.

  3. Caribbean hermit crab - Wikipedia

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    A Caribbean hermit crab in the Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida. The Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus), also known as the soldier crab, [2] West Atlantic crab, tree crab, or purple pincher (due to the distinctive purple claw), is a species of land hermit crab native to the west Atlantic, Belize, southern Florida, [3] Venezuela, and the West Indies.

  4. Anomura - Wikipedia

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    Anomura (sometimes Anomala) is a group of decapod crustaceans, including hermit crabs and others. Although the names of many anomurans include the word crab, all true crabs are in the sister group to the Anomura, the Brachyura (the two groups together form the clade Meiura).

  5. Diogenidae - Wikipedia

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    The Diogenidae are a family of hermit crabs, sometimes known as "left-handed hermit crabs" because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, its left chela (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. It comprises 429 extant species, [2] and a further 46 extinct species, [1] making it the second-largest family of marine hermit crabs, after the ...

  6. Ecuadorian hermit crab - Wikipedia

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    Hermit crab at Cabo Blanca, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. Coenobita compressus is a member of the phylum Arthropoda and the class Malacostraca.They can be up to 12 mm (0.47 in) in length and are thought to be one of the smallest species of land hermit crabs.

  7. Australian land hermit crab - Wikipedia

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    The availability of empty shells depends on the abundance of the gastropods and hermit crabs, but most importantly on the frequency of organisms that prey on gastropods but leave the shells intact. A hermit crab with a shell which is too tight cannot grow as fast as hermit crabs with well-fitting shells, and is more likely to be eaten.

  8. Coenobita brevimanus - Wikipedia

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    Coenobita brevimanus is a species of terrestrial hermit crab belonging to the family Coenobitidae, which is composed of coastal living terrestrial hermit crabs.From there it belongs to the genus Coenobita, one of two genera split from the family, which contains sixteen species.

  9. Pagurus - Wikipedia

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    Pagurus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae.Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is not calcified and they use snail shells as protection. These marine decapod crustaceans are omnivorous, but mostly prey on small animals and scavenge carrion.

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