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One of the largest species of hermit
This is the petrochirus diogenes, also known as the giant
Small hermit, about 2 cm, with blue,
4 cm crab (including shell) with blue bands ...
Crab found during low tide on a sandbar/mud ...
Hairy body and purple, yellow, and residue colers
Juvenile clypeatus are often pale in color with a brightly colored large claw. ...
6 legs, red, 2 claws, lives in a shell, has ...
Up to 3 cm (1 1/4 in.). Claws, legs and carapace mottled shades of
Gray body and legs with bright blue stripes (white if young) at leg tips and ...
mottled in tan and cream, while the eyestalks are white with
Pagurus samuelis is a small hermit
Also known as Big Auger, and also referred to as Terebra maculata, this is a ...
larger than the right, and both are usually, like the legs, intense
shell turns pink. The abandoned shells are used by other organisms such as ...
Claws are unequal in size , a characteristic in
on its head, a ruddy red coloring on its ...
on its head, a ruddy red coloring on its ...
