Have you ever seen a hermit crab or owned one as a pet? These tiny decapod crustaceans are known for their interesting habit ...

An underwater photographer has stumbled upon a new species of hermit crab with legs and pincers striped like candy canes. Ellen Muller captured photos and video of the tiny creature at dive ...

The newly discovered candy striped hermit crab is named so for its candy cane-colored legs, and its features have researchers suspecting that it could even be the first hermit crab to engage in ...

Caught red-handed: The 'Candy striped hermit crab' is a new species from the Caribbean. ScienceDaily . Retrieved March 6, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 01 / 170126083612.htm ...

Once happy with the placement, the hermit crab gingerly scoots itself out of its brown-striped shell and reveals the lower half of its body, which is usually hidden away. Unlike the crab's exposed ...

The most adorable, silly-looking baby king crab ... It has happened so often with crab shapes it's been named carcinization.

Gallery 1 here It turned out that the brightly coloured hermit crab was a species new to science. Due to the fact that its legs resembled candy cane, it was named “candy striped hermit crab”. For its ...

Two common hermit crab species found in the more saline portions of the St. Johns River have highly descriptive names: the thin stripe hermit crab or Clibanarius vittatus and the long-wristed ...

Ocean pollution has many consequences for marine life, including, it appears, getting hermit crabs "excited ... we dump in the ocean inflicts on baby turtles. Oleamide bears a striking ...

A hermit crab has become an unlikely poster ... The accompanying footage, jokingly described by Joseph Cronk as “a super rare baby doll-head crab just taking a stroll on the beach,” was ...

An underwater photographer has stumbled upon a new species of hermit crab with legs and pincers striped like candy canes. Ellen Muller captured photos and video of the tiny creature at dive sites in ...