An underwater photographer stumbled upon a new species of hermit crab with legs and pincers striped like candy canes. The tiny creature has been scientifically named Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae ...

Hermit crabs are a decapod crustacean, meaning they have 10 (deca-) legs (pods) along with a hardened exoskeleton or shell. There are about 800 species worldwide with 11 found in Florida.