Like other hermit crabs, these make their living in shells ... just off the coast of the Caribbean island of Curaçao. It was found as part of the Smithsonian's Deep Reef Observation Project ...

Huelsenbeck and his wife, Martha, annually import an estimated 200,000 Caribbean hermit crabs (known also as “Purple Pinchers” for the color of their claws, or by their scientific name ...

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Hermit crabs vary in their mating habits. The Caribbean hermit crab, for example, lives in wetlands, but when it’s time to mate, will head for the seashore in huge masses. Amid the chaos ...

Manger said the hermit crabs he sells are caught in Central America near the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. This can include the Bahamas, Jamaica and Belize. Pet hermit crabs are wild because it ...

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There are over 1,000 known species of hermit crabs, most of which inhabit tropical climates across the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Australia, though some are also native to the Atlantic ...

"Hermit crabs are actually really complex animals ... and a year-round temperature near 80 degrees to mimic their natural Caribbean habitat. They need sand — not gravel — in order to molt ...

and a roughskin dogfish caught on camera for the first time in the Caribbean Sea. In other crab news, a new hermit crabs species has been discovered: meet Strawberry Claws. The newfound spiny ...