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unidentified hermit crabs

these are really neat little hermit crabs which live inside empty tubeworm tubes rather than in empty snail shells; I have no idea which species they are. You can also see the feathery heads of a few tubeworms in some of the other tubes, and bryozoans growing over the empty shells at the top. Photo taken 27 August 2010

unidentified hermit crabs
Chlidonias, 29 Aug 2010
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    • Chlidonias
      these are really neat little hermit crabs which live inside empty tubeworm tubes rather than in empty snail shells; I have no idea which species they are. You can also see the feathery heads of a few tubeworms in some of the other tubes, and bryozoans growing over the empty shells at the top.

      Photo taken 27 August 2010
      29 Aug 2010
    • RhinoIguana154
      They're coral hermit crabs
      26 Sep 2015
    • Chlidonias
      what is a "coral hermit crab"?
      26 Sep 2015
    • RhinoIguana154
      Google it :)
      They are these fascinating creatures that has their homes in coral! (probably they move into the holes of corals I don't know that much)
      1 Oct 2015
    • jbnbsn99
      You realize you just told a moderator and one of the most skilled wildlife experts on the site to just "google it?"

      Just checking...
      1 Oct 2015
    • RhinoIguana154
      He told me what they are :/
      1 Oct 2015
    • Chlidonias
      if you mean Paguritta then yes they probably are in that genus but I don't know which species they are. These are not tropical by the way, they are native to New Zealand.
      1 Oct 2015
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