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[3] [7] Hermit crab shells are crucial for protection and minimizing predation, and therefore proper shell selection is vital. P. longicarpus will avoid selecting shells with extensive damage because they are more vulnerable to predation. The most common type of damage to hermit crab shells is the presence of small holes.
Mictyris longicarpus, the light-blue soldier crab, is a species of crab that lives on sandy beaches from the Bay of Bengal to Australia; with other members of the genus Mictyris, it is "one of the most loved crabs in Australia". [2] Adults are 25 mm (1 in) across, white, with blue on their backs, and hold their claws vertically.
Mictyris is a genus of brightly coloured crabs, placed in its own taxonomical family, the Mictyridae. [1] It inhabits the central Indo-West Pacific region. These crabs congregate on mud flats or beaches in groups of a few thousand, and filter sand or mud for microscopic organisms.
Pagurus anachoretus Pagurus bernhardus Long-armed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus Hairy hermit crab, Pagurus hirsutiusculus, outside its shell – note the soft-shelled and curved abdomen (top of photo) Pagurus acadianus Benedict, 1901 Pagurus alabamensis Rathbun, 1935 † Pagurus alaini Komai, 1998 Pagurus alatus Fabricius, 1775
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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. The shell-less hermit crab Birgus latro (coconut crab) is the world's largest terrestrial invertebrate.
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Callinectes sapidus – blue crab; Callinectes similis; Cancer bellianus; Cancer borealis – Jonah crab; Cancer irroratus – Atlantic rock crab; Cancer pagurus – edible crab; Carcinus maenas – European shore crab; Cardisoma guanhumi – blue land crab; Carpoporus papulosus; Celatopesia concava; Chaceon fenneri – golden crab ...