The most striking thing about the giant hermit crab, obviously, is its size. Growing to nearly 5 inches long and more than 2 inches wide, it stands out amid its fellow snail-shell dwellers.

Curious, she and her family went to take a look, and when they picked it up, a crab so large its species is literally called “Giant Hermit Crab” looked at up at them from a brown whelk shell.

HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is wondering how a giant coconut crab made its ... They are a terrestrial hermit crab native to areas in the Indian and Western Pacific oceans ...