Crabs & Hermits

Blue Leg Hermit Crab This hermit crab has blue legs with red banding. The bright color and active personality make this hermit crab a wonderful addition to an aquarium. They are scavengers and excellent algae eaters, especially green hair and cynobacteria. Blue Leg Hermit Crabs also aerate the sand while scavenging for food, which is a valuable service.

Scientific Name Paguristes cadenati Common Names Scarlet reef hermit, red legged hermit, red reef hermit crab Class: Crustacea Order: Decapoda Family: Diogenidae

Like other members of the genus Calcinus, the Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crab is very small but boasts an enlarged left claw.

Red leg hermit crab

The Emerald Crab is well respected for its scavenging ability. It will enthusiastically feed on uneaten meaty foods and many types of nuisance algae. Unlike many other animals, Excellent Algae Eater including troublesome Bubble Algae!

The Electric Blue is a valuable addition to the reef aquarium because it will eat algae including green hair algae and cyano bacteria.

The Boxer Crab (Lybia tessalata), also known as the PomPom Crab, is named for the tiny anemones it carries in its claws.

The Halloween Hermit Crab aka Orange leg hermit is probably the brightest colored hermit crab available. It is commonly found near the Hawaiian Islands.

They are peaceful, and make a wonderful addition to any reef or invertebrate aquarium.

With their brown body and orange to yellow rings on their legs, Sally Lightfoots are a reef-safe crab, very active algae eaters and enjoy feeding off of algae on rockwork.

The Horseshoe Crab is very strange in appearance and can be unique captives for an aquarium. Very hardy , they can be a good choice for beginners.

Arrow Crabs are excellent reef-safe scavengers, and have a spider-like appearance with long thin legs and an "arrow" shaped head.

The Porcelain Crab is common throughout the tropical oceans of the world, and has a flat, round body with two large front claws

Blue Eye Hermit Crab; Marshall Islands

Red Hairy Hermit Crab - Dardanus sp.

Species Description The queen conch is a large, marine, gastropod mollusk. Mollusks (from the Latin word molluscus, meaning "soft") are a phylum of invertebrates with over 100,000 known species.

They may be used as aquarium cleaning crabs and may be used to check algae growth, but they may attack tank mates and reefs.

Calico Crab (Hepatus epheliticus)

Anemone Hermit Crab Dardanus Pedunculatus

Frilly Arrow Crab

Decorator Spider Crab - Camposcia retusa

Sponge Crab; Atl. - Sphaerodromia sp.