The brightly colored pattern of the hermit crab with red stripes and very long, hairy antennae are also typical for most crustaceans considered fish "cleaners." "Cleaning" parasites or fouling ...

It's a summer tradition in many beach and boardwalk towns: you buy the kids a hermit crab in a brightly painted ... hobbyists also provide for the usual purple pincher that's sold in pet stores ...

And they’re off-kilter beautiful: the jewelled anemone crab has shocking emerald eyes, on stalks that are striped like a barber’s pole in red and white. They can be sea-grey or royal purple; the giant ...

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

A hermit crab wears a red plastic cap as a shell. Shawn Miller For as much as they may be using human trash for their benefit, hermit crabs are still incredibly vulnerable to its complex materials ...

Scientists have discovered four new species of bright purple and red crabs on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. The species of Insulamon freshwater crab, which are already facing pressure ...

Hermit crabs all over the world ... which is what we're used to seeing - they would have a red plastic bottle cap on their back or piece of light bulb." She and her colleagues, Zuzanna Jagiello ...

Researchers discovered a new species of hermit ... crabs have “moderately slender” walking legs that are a little bit bristly, according to scientists. Their body is mostly white with some ...

The vast majority of the items the researchers saw the hermit crabs using in the photographs ... which is what we're used to seeing - they would have a red plastic bottle cap on their back or ...