HERMIT CRAB
HERMIT CRABS ARE DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS OF THE SUPERFAMILY PAGUROIDEA.
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| FIG.-HERMIT CRAB |
FOUND IN OCEAN WATER WORLDWIDE. HERMIT CRAB IS NOT A TRUE CRAB.
THERE ARE 500 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF HERMIT CRAB. ALTHOUGH HERMIT CRABS DO VENTURE IN DEEPER WATER BUT COMMONLY FOUND IN COASTAL WATER REGION WHERE FOOD IS ACCESABLE & PLACE OF HIDE IS MORE.
THERE ARE 500 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF HERMIT CRAB. ALTHOUGH HERMIT CRABS DO VENTURE IN DEEPER WATER BUT COMMONLY FOUND IN COASTAL WATER REGION WHERE FOOD IS ACCESABLE & PLACE OF HIDE IS MORE.
THE HERMIT CRAB
HAS A SOFT UNDER-BODY WHICH IT PROTECTS BY CARRYING A SHELL ON ITS BACK. THE
SHELL OF THE HERMIT CRAB IS
NOT ITS OWN, BUT ONE THAT BELONGED TO ANOTHER ANIMAL. AS HERMIT CRABS GROW, THEY CONTINUE TO
FIND LARGER SHELLS TO ACCOMODATE THEIR INCREASING SIZE.
HERMIT CRABS
ARE OMNIVOROUS ANIMALS
THAT EAT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THEY CAN FIND IN THE SURROUNDING WATER. SMALL FISH AND INVERTEBRATES
INCLUDING WORMS, ARE THE MOST COMMON PREY FOR THE HERMIT CRAB ALONG WITH PLANKTON AND
OTHER FOOD PARTICLES IN THE WATER.
DUE TO THEIR SMALL SIZE, HERMIT CRABS HAVE NUMEROUS NATURAL PREDATORS ALL
AROUND THE WORLD, WHICH INCLUDES SHARKS, FISH, CUTTLEFISH, SQUID AND OCTOPUSES. IT IS
THOUGHT THAT HERMIT CRABS
OFTEN HIDE AMONGST OTHER ANIMALS SUCH AS
SEA ANEMONES AS A FORM OF NATURAL PROTECTION.
AFTER MATING, THE FEMALE HERMIT CRAB CARRIES LARGE NUMBERS OF
EGGS IN A MASS THAT IS ATTACHED TO HER ABDOMEN. THE HERMIT CRAB LARVAE HATCH INTO THE OPEN
OCEAN IN JUST A FEW WEEKS, WHERE THEY QUICKLY MOULT EXPOSING THE ADULT HERMIT CRAB BODY UNDERNEATH.
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| FIG.- MOVING TRAIL OF HERMIT CRAB |
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