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2. Paguristes puncticeps - Wikipedia

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   Paguristes 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 of Mexico . Like other hermit crabs, it lives inside an empty mollusc shell, which it changes periodically as it grows.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Pagurus longicarpus - Wikipedia

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   The long-wristed hermit crab inhabits the empty shells of gastropods such as periwinkles, snails, and slugs for mobile shelter and protection of their soft abdomens. They anchor themselves into the shells by wrapping their abdomens around the columella , or axis, inside the vacant shell. [ 4 ]

6. Turbo (gastropod) - Wikipedia

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   When the Caribbean hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus, or "purple pincher" as it is known in the pet trade is kept as a house pet, Turbo shells are a favorite choice of shells for the crab. Turbo cornutus, common name the "horned turban", is an expensive food item in Korea, and Japan, where they are known as sazae. [citation needed]

7. Calcinus laurentae - Wikipedia

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   Calcinus laurentae is a species of left-handed hermit crab in the family Diogenidae. [1] The common name for Calcinus laurentae is Laurent's Hermit Crab [ 2 ] or Redleg calcinus. [ 3 ] Calcinus laurentae are native to Hawaii [ 4 ] and the Hawaiian word for hermit crab is unauna.