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 ...

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 ...

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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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 ...