Hermit Crabs
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Hermit Crabs
Superfamily PaguroideaScientific Name Pagurus Berharus
- Most Hermit crabs tend to use the shell of sea snails
- There are over 500 species of hermit crab
Description- Have long curved abdomens which are soft
unlike most crustceans - The tip of its abdomen is adapted to grasp
onto the Columella strongly
-Species of Hermit Crabs range from millimeters to the size of a coconut
-Squat Lobster and porcelain crabs are the most closely related to hermit crabs
compared to actual crabs(Porcelain Crab)
Feeding- Hermit crabs are not picky when it come to
eating, they are scavenger- They will eat algee, things from dead fish, sea weed, meats, and basically anything they come
across in the wild
Development- First two stages which occur inside the egg
include Nauplius and protozoea- Hermit Crabs usually hatch at the third stage,
Zoea which is the larval stage- During the 3rd stage they develop long narrow
abdomens, large antennae and multiple long spines
Habitat-Some hermit crabs are aquatic and others are
terrestrial -Aquatic range from the coral reef and shallows to
the bottom of the sea- Terrestrial normally live in the tropics or the
Caribbean(Caribbean hermit crab)
Facts-Of the terrestrial hermit crabs Caribbean,
Australian land, and Ecuadorian are commonly kept as pets
-Can be useful in a household aquarium to eat algae and debris
(Hermit crabs eating algae)